Re: [PATCH 00/58] networking: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Oct 18 2017 - 07:42:31 EST


From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:28:44 -0700

> This is the current set of outstanding networking patches to perform
> conversions to the new timer interface (rebased to -next). This is not
> all expected conversions, but it contains everything needed in networking
> to eliminate init_timer(), and all the non-standard setup_*_timer() uses.

I've applied this except:

1) the IRDA stuff, it's staging and needs to go via Greg KH

2) the MPC ATM didn't apply at all to net-next

Such a huge patch series like this is a huge burdon upon
a subsystem maintainer.

Split this kind of stuff up into manageable chunks next time,
maybe a dozen patches at a time. Do not submit multiple
series at once to get around this size limit. Submit one
at a time, wait for it to get applied, and then after that
you can submit the next one.

Thanks.