[PATCH] jbd: embed j_commit_timer in journal struct

The kjournald timer is currently on the kernel thread's stack and the journal
structure points at it.  Save a pointer hop by moving the timer into the
journal structure.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 2ccbfb6340ba..4fc7dffd66ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ struct journal_s
         unsigned long           j_commit_interval;
 
         /* The timer used to wakeup the commit thread: */
-        struct timer_list       *j_commit_timer;
+        struct timer_list       j_commit_timer;
 
         /*
          * The revoke table: maintains the list of revoked blocks in the