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/agere/et131x.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c index 54eff90..658e92f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c @@ -3624,11 +3624,10 @@ static int et131x_open(struct net_device *netdev) int result; /* Start the timer to track NIC errors */ - init_timer(&adapter->error_timer); + setup_timer(&adapter->error_timer, et131x_error_timer_handler, + (unsigned long)adapter); adapter->error_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(TX_ERROR_PERIOD); - adapter->error_timer.function = et131x_error_timer_handler; - adapter->error_timer.data = (unsigned long)adapter; add_timer(&adapter->error_timer); result = request_irq(irq, et131x_isr, -- 2.7.4