On Tue, Nov 22 2022 at 15:04, Jacob Keller wrote:

On 11/22/2022 9:45 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

quoted

+int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	return __try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);
+}
  EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
  

Its a bit odd to me that some patches refactor and replace functions 
with new variants all under timer_* namespace, but then we've left some 
of them available without that.

Any reasoning behind this? I guess "try_*" is pretty clear and unlikely 
to get stolen by other code..?

Kinda. I renamed del_timer*() because that's the ones which we want to
substitute with timer_shutdown*() where possible and reasonable.

A larger timer namespace cleanup is subject to a follow up series.

Thanks,

        tglx