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Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:04:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:04:42 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Fabien R Subject: Re: timer API change from kernel 4.9 to 5.0 Message-ID: <20200930180442.GA1691208@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 06:34:07PM +0200, Fabien R wrote: > Hello, > In timer.h of 4.9, struct timer_list contains a field data which is unsigned long. > In timer.c, call_timer_fn calls the triggered function with data as parameter. > As of 5.0, the field data disappears from struct timer_list and call_timer_fn is used with a struct timer_list * > as parameter. > Is there some info about this change somewhere ? Yes, in the kernel changelog itself, have you looked? Try just looking at the log and changes for a specific file instead of the whole thing: git log -p path/to/a/single/file.c 4.9 -> 5.0 is a HUGE jump, many years there, you might want to go in smaller steps :) thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies