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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2022-11-23 21:18:47 +0100
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Documentation: Replace del_timer/del_timer_sync()
Adjust to the new preferred function names. Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.075320635@linutronix.de
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@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ unloaded. After a given module has been unloaded, any attempt to call
one of its functions results in a segmentation fault. The module-unload
functions must therefore cancel any delayed calls to loadable-module
functions, for example, any outstanding mod_timer() must be dealt
-with via del_timer_sync() or similar.
+with via timer_delete_sync() or similar.
Unfortunately, there is no way to cancel an RCU callback; once you
invoke call_rcu(), the callback function is eventually going to be