| Submitter | david decotigny |
|---|---|
| Date | Nov. 15, 2011, 7:25 p.m. |
| Message ID | <ba205b5e371d4bb8a8f765ee663597238679c650.1321384662.git.david.decotigny@google.com> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/125864/ |
| State | Deferred |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
Comments
Patch
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c index 7284f40..b5c85de 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c @@ -5538,7 +5538,7 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i init_timer(&np->nic_poll); np->nic_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev; np->nic_poll.function = nv_do_nic_poll; /* timer handler */ - init_timer(&np->stats_poll); + init_timer_deferrable(&np->stats_poll); np->stats_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev; np->stats_poll.function = nv_do_stats_poll; /* timer handler */
Mark stats timer as deferrable: punctuality in waking the stats timer callback doesn't matter much, as it is responsible only to avoid integer wraparound. We need at least 1 other timer to fire within 17s (fully loaded 1Gbps) to avoid wrap-arounds. Desired period is still 10s. Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <david.decotigny@google.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)