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authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-11-23 21:18:55 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2022-11-24 15:09:12 +0100
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timers: Update the documentation to reflect on the new timer_shutdown() API
In order to make sure that a timer is not re-armed after it is stopped before freeing, a new shutdown state is added to the timer code. The API timer_shutdown_sync() and timer_shutdown() must be called before the object that holds the timer can be freed. Update the documentation to reflect this new workflow. [ tglx: Updated to the new semantics and updated the zh_CN version ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221110064147.712934793@goodmis.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.375284489@linutronix.de
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@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@ calling add_timer() at the end of their timer function).
Because this is a fairly common case which is prone to races, you should
use timer_delete_sync() (``include/linux/timer.h``) to handle this case.
+Before freeing a timer, timer_shutdown() or timer_shutdown_sync() should be
+called which will keep it from being rearmed. Any subsequent attempt to
+rearm the timer will be silently ignored by the core code.
+
+
Locking Speed
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