# Re: \[PATCH 12/13\] kthread: Convert callback to use from\_timer()

- From: Petr Mladek \<pmladek@suse.com\>
- Date: 2017-10-11 10:20:41 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2017/10/5106898
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2017/10/5101478/t.md

```text
On Wed 2017-10-04 16:27:06, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer
> to all timer callbacks, switch kthread to use from_timer() and pass the
> timer pointer explicitly.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Best Regards,
Petr
```