Re: [PATCH 12/17] timers: assert static storage for DEFINE_TIMER()

On Mon, Sep 14 2026 at 23:13, Yury Norov wrote:

DEFINE_TIMER() marks a timer as statically initialized for debugobjects.
An automatic local timer instead needs timer_setup_on_stack() and the
corresponding on-stack destruction before leaving scope.

Add ASSERT_STATIC_STORAGE() to catch automatic declarations at compile
time. The timer lockdep key is already static; this check enforces the
debugobjects storage contract. Leave __TIMER_INITIALIZER() unchanged.

Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>