[PATCH] timer initialization cleanup: DEFINE_TIMER

Clean up timer initialization by introducing DEFINE_TIMER a'la
DEFINE_SPINLOCK.  Build and boot-tested on x86.  A similar patch has been
been in the -RT tree for some time.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

6 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/cyclades.c b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
index 6a5337bf0936..cf4c3648463d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/cyclades.c
+++ b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void cyz_poll(unsigned long);
 static long cyz_polling_cycle = CZ_DEF_POLL;
 
 static int cyz_timeron = 0;
-static struct timer_list cyz_timerlist = TIMER_INITIALIZER(cyz_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(cyz_timerlist, cyz_poll, 0, 0);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_CYZ_INTR */
 static void cyz_rx_restart(unsigned long);
diff --git a/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c b/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
index 81d811edf3c5..a54bc93353af 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ static unsigned long long hangcheck_tsc, hangcheck_tsc_margin;
 
 static void hangcheck_fire(unsigned long);
 
-static struct timer_list hangcheck_ticktock =
-                TIMER_INITIALIZER(hangcheck_fire, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(hangcheck_ticktock, hangcheck_fire, 0, 0);
 
 
 static void hangcheck_fire(unsigned long data)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2main.c
index 066d7b5cb76d..9e4e26aef94e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2main.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static unsigned long bh_counter = 0;
  * selected, the board is serviced periodically to see if anything needs doing.
  */
 #define  POLL_TIMEOUT   (jiffies + 1)
-static struct timer_list PollTimer = TIMER_INITIALIZER(ip2_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(PollTimer, ip2_poll, 0, 0);
 static char  TimerOn;
 
 #ifdef IP2DEBUG_TRACE
diff --git a/drivers/char/istallion.c b/drivers/char/istallion.c
index 52a073eee201..9c19e5435a11 100644
--- a/drivers/char/istallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/istallion.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static struct file_operations	stli_fsiomem = {
  *      much cheaper on host cpu than using interrupts. It turns out to
  *      not increase character latency by much either...
  */
-static struct timer_list stli_timerlist = TIMER_INITIALIZER(stli_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(stli_timerlist, stli_poll, 0, 0);
 
 static int      stli_timeron;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 523fd3c8bbaa..1745065d8f78 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ static void kd_nosound(unsigned long ignored)
         }
 }
 
-static struct timer_list kd_mksound_timer =
-                TIMER_INITIALIZER(kd_nosound, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(kd_mksound_timer, kd_nosound, 0, 0);
 
 void kd_mksound(unsigned int hz, unsigned int ticks)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/mixcomwd.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
index c9b301dccec3..7fc2188386d9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static unsigned long mixcomwd_opened; /* long req'd for setbit --RR */
 
 static int watchdog_port;
 static int mixcomwd_timer_alive;
-static struct timer_list mixcomwd_timer = TIMER_INITIALIZER(NULL, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(mixcomwd_timer, NULL, 0, 0);
 static char expect_close;
 
 static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;