timer: add on-stack deferrable timer interfaces
authorJesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Mon, 10 May 2010 21:26:20 +0000 (14:26 -0700)
committerMatthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:48:45 +0000 (09:48 -0400)
commit8cadd2831bf3abc94f4530e7fdbab7bb39b6b27d
tree4027798914cc3213692a4865797898a5ae0a0b49
parent81f61484f16decba0fb68400fe0036b337b4cdc7
timer: add on-stack deferrable timer interfaces

In some cases (for instance with kernel threads) it may be desireable to
use on-stack deferrable timers to get their power saving benefits.  Add
interfaces to support this for the IPS driver.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
include/linux/timer.h
kernel/timer.c