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-rw-r--r--include/linux/timer.h15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index a9c20a7ead30..aef40cac2add 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -171,7 +171,20 @@ extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
-extern int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+
+/**
+ * del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback
+ * @timer: The timer to be deleted
+ *
+ * See timer_delete_sync() for detailed explanation.
+ *
+ * Do not use in new code. Use timer_delete_sync() instead.
+ */
+static inline int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+ return timer_delete_sync(timer);
+}
#define del_singleshot_timer_sync(t) del_timer_sync(t)