Use setup_timer(). Replace semaphore with mutex. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm-delay.c | 12 +++++------- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.21/drivers/md/dm-delay.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21.orig/drivers/md/dm-delay.c 2007-05-11 16:33:05.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.21/drivers/md/dm-delay.c 2007-05-11 16:33:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct delay_c { struct timer_list delay_timer; - struct semaphore timer_lock; + struct mutex timer_lock; struct work_struct flush_expired_bios; struct list_head delayed_bios; atomic_t may_delay; @@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ static void handle_delayed_timer(unsigne static void queue_timeout(struct delay_c *dc, unsigned long expires) { - down(&dc->timer_lock); + mutex_lock(&dc->timer_lock); if (!timer_pending(&dc->delay_timer) || expires < dc->delay_timer.expires) mod_timer(&dc->delay_timer, expires); - up(&dc->timer_lock); + mutex_unlock(&dc->timer_lock); } static void flush_bios(struct bio *bio) @@ -193,13 +193,11 @@ out: goto bad; } - init_timer(&dc->delay_timer); - dc->delay_timer.function = handle_delayed_timer; - dc->delay_timer.data = (unsigned long)dc; + setup_timer(&dc->delay_timer, handle_delayed_timer, (unsigned long)dc); INIT_WORK(&dc->flush_expired_bios, flush_expired_bios); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dc->delayed_bios); - init_MUTEX(&dc->timer_lock); + mutex_init(&dc->timer_lock); atomic_set(&dc->may_delay, 1); ti->private = dc;