Name

mod_timer_pinned — modify a timer's timeout

Synopsis

int mod_timer_pinned (struct timer_list * timer,
 unsigned long expires);
 

Arguments

timer

the timer to be modified

expires

new timeout in jiffies

Description

mod_timer_pinned is a way to update the expire field of an active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated) and not allow the timer to be migrated to a different CPU.

mod_timer_pinned(timer, expires) is equivalent to:

del_timer(timer); timer->expires = expires; add_timer(timer);