Several timer users needlessly reset their .function/.data fields during
their timer callback, but nothing else changes them. Some users do not
use their .data field at all. Each instance is removed here.

Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <k...@pm.waw.pl>
Cc: Aditya Shankar <aditya.shan...@microchip.com>
Cc: Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.kris...@microchip.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <ax...@fb.com>
Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wirel...@vger.kernel.org
Cc: de...@driverdev.osuosl.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> # for staging
Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <k...@pm.waw.pl> # for wan/hdlc*
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk> # for amiflop
---
This should go via the timer/core tree, please. It's been acked by each
of the maintainers. Thanks!
---
 drivers/block/amiflop.c                           | 3 +--
 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c                      | 2 --
 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c                         | 2 --
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c | 4 +---
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/amiflop.c b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
index 49908c74bfcb..4e3fb9f104af 100644
--- a/drivers/block/amiflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void fd_deselect (int drive)
 
 }
 
-static void motor_on_callback(unsigned long nr)
+static void motor_on_callback(unsigned long ignored)
 {
        if (!(ciaa.pra & DSKRDY) || --on_attempts == 0) {
                complete_all(&motor_on_completion);
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static int fd_motor_on(int nr)
                fd_select(nr);
 
                reinit_completion(&motor_on_completion);
-               motor_on_timer.data = nr;
                mod_timer(&motor_on_timer, jiffies + HZ/2);
 
                on_attempts = 10;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
index a408abc25512..f4b0ab34f048 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ static void cisco_timer(unsigned long arg)
        spin_unlock(&st->lock);
 
        st->timer.expires = jiffies + st->settings.interval * HZ;
-       st->timer.function = cisco_timer;
-       st->timer.data = arg;
        add_timer(&st->timer);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
index 78596e42a3f3..07f265fa2826 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ static void fr_timer(unsigned long arg)
                        state(hdlc)->settings.t391 * HZ;
        }
 
-       state(hdlc)->timer.function = fr_timer;
-       state(hdlc)->timer.data = arg;
        add_timer(&state(hdlc)->timer);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c 
b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index ac5aaafa461c..60f088babf27 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void update_scan_time(void)
                last_scanned_shadow[i].time_scan = jiffies;
 }
 
-static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long arg)
+static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long unused)
 {
        unsigned long now = jiffies;
        int i, j;
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static void remove_network_from_shadow(unsigned long arg)
        }
 
        if (last_scanned_cnt != 0) {
-               hAgingTimer.data = arg;
                mod_timer(&hAgingTimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(AGING_TIME));
        }
 }
@@ -304,7 +303,6 @@ static int is_network_in_shadow(struct network_info 
*pstrNetworkInfo,
        int i;
 
        if (last_scanned_cnt == 0) {
-               hAgingTimer.data = (unsigned long)user_void;
                mod_timer(&hAgingTimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(AGING_TIME));
                state = -1;
        } else {
-- 
2.7.4


-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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