patch-2.1.91 linux/include/linux/timer.h
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- Lines: 23
- Date:
Mon Mar 23 16:48:25 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.90/linux/include/linux/timer.h
- Orig date:
Mon Feb 23 18:12:12 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.90/linux/include/linux/timer.h linux/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
* to distinguish between the different invocations.
*/
struct timer_list {
- struct timer_list *next;
+ struct timer_list *next; /* MUST be first element */
struct timer_list *prev;
unsigned long expires;
unsigned long data;
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
extern void add_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
+
+/*
+ * mod_timer is a more efficient way to update the expire field of an
+ * active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated)
+ * mod_timer(a,b) is equivalent to del_timer(a); a->expires = b; add_timer(a)
+ */
+void mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
extern void it_real_fn(unsigned long);
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