Use setup_timer function instead of initializing timer with the function and data fields.
Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.l...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c index 28cb38a..4ad8216 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c @@ -3616,9 +3616,8 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev, } spin_unlock_bh(&gbe_dev->hw_stats_lock); - init_timer(&gbe_dev->timer); - gbe_dev->timer.data = (unsigned long)gbe_dev; - gbe_dev->timer.function = netcp_ethss_timer; + setup_timer(&gbe_dev->timer, netcp_ethss_timer, + (unsigned long)gbe_dev); gbe_dev->timer.expires = jiffies + GBE_TIMER_INTERVAL; add_timer(&gbe_dev->timer); *inst_priv = gbe_dev; -- 2.7.4