[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>

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sound/oss/midibuf.c b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
index b2676fa34630..6982556ded56 100644
--- a/sound/oss/midibuf.c
+++ b/sound/oss/midibuf.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct midi_parms parms[MAX_MIDI_DEV];
 static void midi_poll(unsigned long dummy);
 
 
-static struct timer_list poll_timer = TIMER_INITIALIZER(midi_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(poll_timer, midi_poll, 0, 0);
 
 static volatile int open_devs;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
diff --git a/sound/oss/soundcard.c b/sound/oss/soundcard.c
index a686be936aff..95fa81e26de2 100644
--- a/sound/oss/soundcard.c
+++ b/sound/oss/soundcard.c
@@ -681,8 +681,7 @@ static void do_sequencer_timer(unsigned long dummy)
 }
 
 
-static struct timer_list seq_timer =
-                TIMER_INITIALIZER(do_sequencer_timer, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(seq_timer, do_sequencer_timer, 0, 0);
 
 void request_sound_timer(int count)
 {
diff --git a/sound/oss/sys_timer.c b/sound/oss/sys_timer.c
index 6afe29b763b7..c9d04518b172 100644
--- a/sound/oss/sys_timer.c
+++ b/sound/oss/sys_timer.c
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ static unsigned long prev_event_time;
 
 static void     poll_def_tmr(unsigned long dummy);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
-
-static struct timer_list def_tmr = TIMER_INITIALIZER(poll_def_tmr, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(def_tmr, poll_def_tmr, 0, 0);
 
 static unsigned long
 tmr2ticks(int tmr_value)
diff --git a/sound/oss/uart6850.c b/sound/oss/uart6850.c
index be00cf128651..74ae75f9e2dc 100644
--- a/sound/oss/uart6850.c
+++ b/sound/oss/uart6850.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ static void (*midi_input_intr) (int dev, unsigned char data);
 static void poll_uart6850(unsigned long dummy);
 
 
-static struct timer_list uart6850_timer =
-                TIMER_INITIALIZER(poll_uart6850, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(uart6850_timer, poll_uart6850, 0, 0);
 
 static void uart6850_input_loop(void)
 {