Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Yet another big pile of changes:

   - More year 2038 work from Arnd slowly reaching the point where we
     need to think about the syscalls themself.

   - A new timer function which allows to conditionally (re)arm a timer
     only when it's either not running or the new expiry time is sooner
     than the armed expiry time. This allows to use a single timer for
     multiple timeout requirements w/o caring about the first expiry
     time at the call site.

   - A new NMI safe accessor to clock real time for the printk timestamp
     work. Can be used by tracing, perf as well if required.

   - A large number of timer setup conversions from Kees which got
     collected here because either maintainers requested so or they
     simply got ignored. As Kees pointed out already there are a few
     trivial merge conflicts and some redundant commits which was
     unavoidable due to the size of this conversion effort.

   - Avoid a redundant iteration in the timer wheel softirq processing.

   - Provide a mechanism to treat RTC implementations depending on their
     hardware properties, i.e. don't inflict the write at the 0.5
     seconds boundary which originates from the PC CMOS RTC to all RTCs.
     No functional change as drivers need to be updated separately.

   - The usual small updates to core code clocksource drivers. Nothing
     really exciting"

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (111 commits)
  timers: Add a function to start/reduce a timer
  pstore: Use ktime_get_real_fast_ns() instead of __getnstimeofday()
  timer: Prepare to change all DEFINE_TIMER() callbacks
  netfilter: ipvs: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  scsi: qla2xxx: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  block/aoe: discover_timer: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  ide: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  drbd: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  mailbox: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  crypto: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  drivers/pcmcia: omap1: Fix error in automated timer conversion
  ARM: footbridge: Fix typo in timer conversion
  drivers/sgi-xp: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  drivers/pcmcia: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  drivers/memstick: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  drivers/macintosh: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  hwrng/xgene-rng: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  auxdisplay: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  sparc/led: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  mips: ip22/32: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
  ...

175 files changed, 779 insertions, 946 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 3c3a37b8503b..ebaa51ba8a22 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -774,9 +774,9 @@ static void ghes_add_timer(struct ghes *ghes)
 	add_timer(&ghes->timer);
 }
 
-static void ghes_poll_func(unsigned long data)
+static void ghes_poll_func(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ghes *ghes = (void *)data;
+	struct ghes *ghes = from_timer(ghes, t, timer);
 
 	ghes_proc(ghes);
 	if (!(ghes->flags & GHES_EXITING))
@@ -1147,8 +1147,7 @@ static int ghes_probe(struct platform_device *ghes_dev)
 
 	switch (generic->notify.type) {
 	case ACPI_HEST_NOTIFY_POLLED:
-		setup_deferrable_timer(&ghes->timer, ghes_poll_func,
-				       (unsigned long)ghes);
+		timer_setup(&ghes->timer, ghes_poll_func, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 		ghes_add_timer(ghes);
 		break;
 	case ACPI_HEST_NOTIFY_EXTERNAL:
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.h b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
index 8b61123d2c3c..749fd94441b0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct ahci_em_priv {
 	unsigned long saved_activity;
 	unsigned long activity;
 	unsigned long led_state;
+	struct ata_link *link;
 };
 
 struct ahci_port_priv {
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 3e286d86ab42..a0de7a38430c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -968,12 +968,12 @@ static void ahci_sw_activity(struct ata_link *link)
 		mod_timer(&emp->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10));
 }
 
-static void ahci_sw_activity_blink(unsigned long arg)
+static void ahci_sw_activity_blink(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ata_link *link = (struct ata_link *)arg;
+	struct ahci_em_priv *emp = from_timer(emp, t, timer);
+	struct ata_link *link = emp->link;
 	struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
-	struct ahci_port_priv *pp = ap->private_data;
-	struct ahci_em_priv *emp = &pp->em_priv[link->pmp];
+
 	unsigned long led_message = emp->led_state;
 	u32 activity_led_state;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1020,7 +1020,8 @@ static void ahci_init_sw_activity(struct ata_link *link)
 
 	/* init activity stats, setup timer */
 	emp->saved_activity = emp->activity = 0;
-	setup_timer(&emp->timer, ahci_sw_activity_blink, (unsigned long)link);
+	emp->link = link;
+	timer_setup(&emp->timer, ahci_sw_activity_blink, 0);
 
 	/* check our blink policy and set flag for link if it's enabled */
 	if (emp->blink_policy)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index ee4c1ec9dca0..b8ac4902d312 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5979,9 +5979,8 @@ struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct ata_host *host)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ap->eh_done_q);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ap->eh_wait_q);
 	init_completion(&ap->park_req_pending);
-	setup_deferrable_timer(&ap->fastdrain_timer,
-			       ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn,
-			       (unsigned long)ap);
+	timer_setup(&ap->fastdrain_timer, ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn,
+		    TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	ap->cbl = ATA_CBL_NONE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index e4effef0c83f..ece6fd91a947 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -879,9 +879,9 @@ static int ata_eh_nr_in_flight(struct ata_port *ap)
 	return nr;
 }
 
-void ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn(unsigned long arg)
+void ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = (void *)arg;
+	struct ata_port *ap = from_timer(ap, t, fastdrain_timer);
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int cnt;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 839d487394b7..08a245b76417 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ extern void ata_internal_cmd_timed_out(struct ata_device *dev, u8 cmd);
 extern void ata_eh_acquire(struct ata_port *ap);
 extern void ata_eh_release(struct ata_port *ap);
 extern void ata_scsi_error(struct Scsi_Host *host);
-extern void ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn(unsigned long arg);
+extern void ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn(struct timer_list *t);
 extern void ata_qc_schedule_eh(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_eh_detach_dev(struct ata_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/atm/idt77105.c b/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
index 082aa02abc57..57af9fd198e4 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ static void idt77105_stats_timer_func(unsigned long);
 static void idt77105_restart_timer_func(unsigned long);
 
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(stats_timer, idt77105_stats_timer_func, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(restart_timer, idt77105_restart_timer_func, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(stats_timer, idt77105_stats_timer_func);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(restart_timer, idt77105_restart_timer_func);
 static int start_timer = 1;
 static struct idt77105_priv *idt77105_all = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/atm/iphase.c b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
index fc72b763fdd7..ad6b582c268e 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/iphase.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static IADEV *ia_dev[8];
 static struct atm_dev *_ia_dev[8];
 static int iadev_count;
 static void ia_led_timer(unsigned long arg);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(ia_timer, ia_led_timer, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(ia_timer, ia_led_timer);
 static int IA_TX_BUF = DFL_TX_BUFFERS, IA_TX_BUF_SZ = DFL_TX_BUF_SZ;
 static int IA_RX_BUF = DFL_RX_BUFFERS, IA_RX_BUF_SZ = DFL_RX_BUF_SZ;
 static uint IADebugFlag = /* IF_IADBG_ERR | IF_IADBG_CBR| IF_IADBG_INIT_ADAPTER
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.c
index a9020f82eea7..db040b378224 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.c
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, img_ascii_lcd_matches);
  * Scroll the current message along the LCD by one character, rearming the
  * timer if required.
  */
-static void img_ascii_lcd_scroll(unsigned long arg)
+static void img_ascii_lcd_scroll(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct img_ascii_lcd_ctx *ctx = (struct img_ascii_lcd_ctx *)arg;
+	struct img_ascii_lcd_ctx *ctx = from_timer(ctx, t, timer);
 	unsigned int i, ch = ctx->scroll_pos;
 	unsigned int num_chars = ctx->cfg->num_chars;
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int img_ascii_lcd_display(struct img_ascii_lcd_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->scroll_pos = 0;
 
 	/* update the LCD */
-	img_ascii_lcd_scroll((unsigned long)ctx);
+	img_ascii_lcd_scroll(&ctx->timer);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -395,9 +395,7 @@ static int img_ascii_lcd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctx->scroll_rate = HZ / 2;
 
 	/* initialise a timer for scrolling the message */
-	init_timer(&ctx->timer);
-	ctx->timer.function = img_ascii_lcd_scroll;
-	ctx->timer.data = (unsigned long)ctx;
+	timer_setup(&ctx->timer, img_ascii_lcd_scroll, 0);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
index 6911acd896d9..ea7869c0d7f9 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static void panel_process_inputs(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void panel_scan_timer(void)
+static void panel_scan_timer(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	if (keypad.enabled && keypad_initialized) {
 		if (spin_trylock_irq(&pprt_lock)) {
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static void init_scan_timer(void)
 	if (scan_timer.function)
 		return;		/* already started */
 
-	setup_timer(&scan_timer, (void *)&panel_scan_timer, 0);
+	timer_setup(&scan_timer, panel_scan_timer, 0);
 	scan_timer.expires = jiffies + INPUT_POLL_TIME;
 	add_timer(&scan_timer);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index 770b1539a083..ae47b2ec84b4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ struct dpm_watchdog {
  * There's not much we can do here to recover so panic() to
  * capture a crash-dump in pstore.
  */
-static void dpm_watchdog_handler(unsigned long data)
+static void dpm_watchdog_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct dpm_watchdog *wd = (void *)data;
+	struct dpm_watchdog *wd = from_timer(wd, t, timer);
 
 	dev_emerg(wd->dev, "**** DPM device timeout ****\n");
 	show_stack(wd->tsk, NULL);
@@ -500,11 +500,9 @@ static void dpm_watchdog_set(struct dpm_watchdog *wd, struct device *dev)
 	wd->dev = dev;
 	wd->tsk = current;
 
-	init_timer_on_stack(timer);
+	timer_setup_on_stack(timer, dpm_watchdog_handler, 0);
 	/* use same timeout value for both suspend and resume */
 	timer->expires = jiffies + HZ * CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
-	timer->function = dpm_watchdog_handler;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)wd;
 	add_timer(timer);
 }
 
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/block/aoe/aoemain.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
index 4b987c2fefbe..251482066977 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
@@ -15,49 +15,19 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Sam Hopkins <sah@coraid.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AoE block/char driver for 2.6.2 and newer 2.6 kernels");
 MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
 
-enum { TINIT, TRUN, TKILL };
+static struct timer_list timer;
 
-static void
-discover_timer(ulong vp)
+static void discover_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	static struct timer_list t;
-	static volatile ulong die;
-	static spinlock_t lock;
-	ulong flags;
-	enum { DTIMERTICK = HZ * 60 }; /* one minute */
-
-	switch (vp) {
-	case TINIT:
-		init_timer(&t);
-		spin_lock_init(&lock);
-		t.data = TRUN;
-		t.function = discover_timer;
-		die = 0;
-	case TRUN:
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags);
-		if (!die) {
-			t.expires = jiffies + DTIMERTICK;
-			add_timer(&t);
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock, flags);
-
-		aoecmd_cfg(0xffff, 0xff);
-		return;
-	case TKILL:
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags);
-		die = 1;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock, flags);
+	mod_timer(t, jiffies + HZ * 60); /* one minute */
 
-		del_timer_sync(&t);
-	default:
-		return;
-	}
+	aoecmd_cfg(0xffff, 0xff);
 }
 
 static void
 aoe_exit(void)
 {
-	discover_timer(TKILL);
+	del_timer_sync(&timer);
 
 	aoenet_exit();
 	unregister_blkdev(AOE_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME);
@@ -93,7 +63,9 @@ aoe_init(void)
 		goto blkreg_fail;
 	}
 	printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: AoE v%s initialised.\n", VERSION);
-	discover_timer(TINIT);
+
+	timer_setup(&timer, discover_timer, 0);
+	discover_timer(&timer);
 	return 0;
  blkreg_fail:
 	aoecmd_exit();
diff --git a/drivers/block/ataflop.c b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
index 92da886180aa..ae596e55bcb6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ataflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ static void floppy_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode);
 
 /************************* End of Prototypes **************************/
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(motor_off_timer, fd_motor_off_timer, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(readtrack_timer, fd_readtrack_check, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timeout_timer, fd_times_out, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(fd_timer, check_change, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(motor_off_timer, fd_motor_off_timer);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(readtrack_timer, fd_readtrack_check);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timeout_timer, fd_times_out);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(fd_timer, check_change);
 	
 static void fd_end_request_cur(blk_status_t err)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 7e8589ce631c..06ecee1b528e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1551,8 +1551,8 @@ extern int w_restart_disk_io(struct drbd_work *, int);
 extern int w_send_out_of_sync(struct drbd_work *, int);
 extern int w_start_resync(struct drbd_work *, int);
 
-extern void resync_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
-extern void start_resync_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
+extern void resync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
+extern void start_resync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
 
 extern void drbd_endio_write_sec_final(struct drbd_peer_request *peer_req);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 8cb3791898ae..4b4697a1f963 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(drbd_main_mutex);
 static int drbd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);
 static void drbd_release(struct gendisk *gd, fmode_t mode);
-static void md_sync_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
+static void md_sync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
 static int w_bitmap_io(struct drbd_work *w, int unused);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Philipp Reisner <phil@linbit.com>, "
@@ -2023,14 +2023,10 @@ void drbd_init_set_defaults(struct drbd_device *device)
 	device->unplug_work.cb  = w_send_write_hint;
 	device->bm_io_work.w.cb = w_bitmap_io;
 
-	setup_timer(&device->resync_timer, resync_timer_fn,
-			(unsigned long)device);
-	setup_timer(&device->md_sync_timer, md_sync_timer_fn,
-			(unsigned long)device);
-	setup_timer(&device->start_resync_timer, start_resync_timer_fn,
-			(unsigned long)device);
-	setup_timer(&device->request_timer, request_timer_fn,
-			(unsigned long)device);
+	timer_setup(&device->resync_timer, resync_timer_fn, 0);
+	timer_setup(&device->md_sync_timer, md_sync_timer_fn, 0);
+	timer_setup(&device->start_resync_timer, start_resync_timer_fn, 0);
+	timer_setup(&device->request_timer, request_timer_fn, 0);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&device->misc_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&device->state_wait);
@@ -3721,9 +3717,9 @@ int drbd_md_test_flag(struct drbd_backing_dev *bdev, int flag)
 	return (bdev->md.flags & flag) != 0;
 }
 
-static void md_sync_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+static void md_sync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
+	struct drbd_device *device = from_timer(device, t, md_sync_timer);
 	drbd_device_post_work(device, MD_SYNC);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 796eaf347dc0..cb2fa63f6bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -5056,7 +5056,7 @@ static int drbd_disconnected(struct drbd_peer_device *peer_device)
 	wake_up(&device->misc_wait);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&device->resync_timer);
-	resync_timer_fn((unsigned long)device);
+	resync_timer_fn(&device->resync_timer);
 
 	/* wait for all w_e_end_data_req, w_e_end_rsdata_req, w_send_barrier,
 	 * w_make_resync_request etc. which may still be on the worker queue
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index de8566e55334..a500e738d929 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1714,9 +1714,9 @@ static bool net_timeout_reached(struct drbd_request *net_req,
  * to expire twice (worst case) to become effective. Good enough.
  */
 
-void request_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+void request_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
+	struct drbd_device *device = from_timer(device, t, request_timer);
 	struct drbd_connection *connection = first_peer_device(device)->connection;
 	struct drbd_request *req_read, *req_write, *req_peer; /* oldest request */
 	struct net_conf *nc;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
index a2254f825601..cb97b3b30962 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ extern int __req_mod(struct drbd_request *req, enum drbd_req_event what,
 		struct bio_and_error *m);
 extern void complete_master_bio(struct drbd_device *device,
 		struct bio_and_error *m);
-extern void request_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
+extern void request_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
 extern void tl_restart(struct drbd_connection *connection, enum drbd_req_event what);
 extern void _tl_restart(struct drbd_connection *connection, enum drbd_req_event what);
 extern void tl_abort_disk_io(struct drbd_device *device);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 03471b3fce86..1476cb3439f4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ int w_resync_timer(struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void resync_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+void resync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
+	struct drbd_device *device = from_timer(device, t, resync_timer);
 
 	drbd_queue_work_if_unqueued(
 		&first_peer_device(device)->connection->sender_work,
@@ -1705,9 +1705,9 @@ void drbd_rs_controller_reset(struct drbd_device *device)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-void start_resync_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+void start_resync_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
+	struct drbd_device *device = from_timer(device, t, start_resync_timer);
 	drbd_device_post_work(device, RS_START);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/dtlk.c b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
index 58471394beb9..1a0385ed6417 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dtlk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int dtlk_has_indexing;
 static unsigned int dtlk_portlist[] =
 {0x25e, 0x29e, 0x2de, 0x31e, 0x35e, 0x39e, 0};
 static wait_queue_head_t dtlk_process_list;
-static DEFINE_TIMER(dtlk_timer, dtlk_timer_tick, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(dtlk_timer, dtlk_timer_tick);
 
 /* prototypes for file_operations struct */
 static ssize_t dtlk_read(struct file *, char __user *,
diff --git a/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c b/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
index 5406b90bf626..5b8db2ed844d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static unsigned long long hangcheck_tsc, hangcheck_tsc_margin;
 
 static void hangcheck_fire(unsigned long);
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(hangcheck_ticktock, hangcheck_fire, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(hangcheck_ticktock, hangcheck_fire);
 
 static void hangcheck_fire(unsigned long data)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c
index 3c77645405e5..71755790c32b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ struct xgene_rng_dev {
 	struct clk *clk;
 };
 
-static void xgene_rng_expired_timer(unsigned long arg)
+static void xgene_rng_expired_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct xgene_rng_dev *ctx = (struct xgene_rng_dev *) arg;
+	struct xgene_rng_dev *ctx = from_timer(ctx, t, failure_timer);
 
 	/* Clear failure counter as timer expired */
 	disable_irq(ctx->irq);
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ static void xgene_rng_expired_timer(unsigned long arg)
 
 static void xgene_rng_start_timer(struct xgene_rng_dev *ctx)
 {
-	ctx->failure_timer.data = (unsigned long) ctx;
-	ctx->failure_timer.function = xgene_rng_expired_timer;
 	ctx->failure_timer.expires = jiffies + 120 * HZ;
 	add_timer(&ctx->failure_timer);
 }
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ static int xgene_rng_init(struct hwrng *rng)
 	struct xgene_rng_dev *ctx = (struct xgene_rng_dev *) rng->priv;
 
 	ctx->failure_cnt = 0;
-	init_timer(&ctx->failure_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ctx->failure_timer, xgene_rng_expired_timer, 0);
 
 	ctx->revision = readl(ctx->csr_base + RNG_EIP_REV);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
index e6d0d271c58c..44006ed9558f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nwbutton.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void button_sequence_finished (unsigned long parameters);
 
 static int button_press_count;		/* The count of button presses */
 /* Times for the end of a sequence */
-static DEFINE_TIMER(button_timer, button_sequence_finished, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(button_timer, button_sequence_finished);
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(button_wait_queue); /* Used for blocking read */
 static char button_output_buffer[32];	/* Stores data to write out of device */
 static int bcount;			/* The number of bytes in the buffer */
diff --git a/drivers/char/rtc.c b/drivers/char/rtc.c
index 974d48927b07..616871e68e09 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rtc.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(rtc_wait);
 #ifdef RTC_IRQ
 static void rtc_dropped_irq(unsigned long data);
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(rtc_irq_timer, rtc_dropped_irq, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(rtc_irq_timer, rtc_dropped_irq);
 #endif
 
 static ssize_t rtc_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
diff --git a/drivers/char/tlclk.c b/drivers/char/tlclk.c
index 6210bff46341..8eeb4190207d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tlclk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tlclk.c
@@ -184,9 +184,8 @@ static unsigned int telclk_interrupt;
 static int int_events;		/* Event that generate a interrupt */
 static int got_event;		/* if events processing have been done */
 
-static void switchover_timeout(unsigned long data);
-static struct timer_list switchover_timer =
-	TIMER_INITIALIZER(switchover_timeout , 0, 0);
+static void switchover_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
+static struct timer_list switchover_timer;
 static unsigned long tlclk_timer_data;
 
 static struct tlclk_alarms *alarm_events;
@@ -805,7 +804,7 @@ static int __init tlclk_init(void)
 		goto out3;
 	}
 
-	init_timer(&switchover_timer);
+	timer_setup(&switchover_timer, switchover_timeout, 0);
 
 	ret = misc_register(&tlclk_miscdev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -855,9 +854,9 @@ static void __exit tlclk_cleanup(void)
 
 }
 
-static void switchover_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void switchover_timeout(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
-	unsigned long flags = *(unsigned long *) data;
+	unsigned long flags = tlclk_timer_data;
 
 	if ((flags & 1)) {
 		if ((inb(TLCLK_REG1) & 0x08) != (flags & 0x08))
@@ -922,7 +921,6 @@ static irqreturn_t tlclk_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		/* TIMEOUT in ~10ms */
 		switchover_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10);
 		tlclk_timer_data = inb(TLCLK_REG1);
-		switchover_timer.data = (unsigned long) &tlclk_timer_data;
 		mod_timer(&switchover_timer, switchover_timer.expires);
 	} else {
 		got_event = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index cc6062049170..c729a88007d0 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 menu "Clock Source drivers"
-	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
+	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 
 config TIMER_OF
 	bool
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select TIMER_PROBE
 
 config TIMER_ACPI
@@ -30,21 +29,18 @@ config CLKSRC_MMIO
 
 config BCM2835_TIMER
 	bool "BCM2835 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the BCM2835 timer driver.
 
 config BCM_KONA_TIMER
 	bool "BCM mobile timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the BCM Kona mobile timer driver.
 
 config DIGICOLOR_TIMER
 	bool "Digicolor timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@ config DIGICOLOR_TIMER
 
 config DW_APB_TIMER
 	bool "DW APB timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the dw_apb timer.
 
@@ -63,7 +58,6 @@ config DW_APB_TIMER_OF
 
 config FTTMR010_TIMER
 	bool "Faraday Technology timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select TIMER_OF
@@ -90,7 +84,6 @@ config ARMADA_370_XP_TIMER
 
 config MESON6_TIMER
 	bool "Meson6 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the Meson6 timer driver.
@@ -105,14 +98,12 @@ config ORION_TIMER
 
 config OWL_TIMER
 	bool "Owl timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the Actions Semi Owl timer driver.
 
 config SUN4I_TIMER
 	bool "Sun4i timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select TIMER_OF
@@ -135,7 +126,6 @@ config TEGRA_TIMER
 
 config VT8500_TIMER
 	bool "VT8500 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  Enables support for the VT8500 driver.
@@ -148,7 +138,6 @@ config CADENCE_TTC_TIMER
 
 config ASM9260_TIMER
 	bool "ASM9260 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select TIMER_OF
 	help
@@ -171,28 +160,24 @@ config CLKSRC_NOMADIK_MTU_SCHED_CLOCK
 
 config CLKSRC_DBX500_PRCMU
 	bool "Clocksource PRCMU Timer" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  Use the always on PRCMU Timer as clocksource
 
 config CLPS711X_TIMER
 	bool "Cirrus logic timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables support for the Cirrus Logic PS711 timer.
 
 config ATLAS7_TIMER
 	bool "Atlas7 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables support for the Atlas7 timer.
 
 config MXS_TIMER
 	bool "Mxs timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select STMP_DEVICE
 	help
@@ -200,14 +185,12 @@ config MXS_TIMER
 
 config PRIMA2_TIMER
 	bool "Prima2 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables support for the Prima2 timer.
 
 config U300_TIMER
 	bool "U300 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on ARM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -215,14 +198,12 @@ config U300_TIMER
 
 config NSPIRE_TIMER
 	bool "NSpire timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables support for the Nspire timer.
 
 config KEYSTONE_TIMER
 	bool "Keystone timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on ARM || ARM64
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -230,7 +211,6 @@ config KEYSTONE_TIMER
 
 config INTEGRATOR_AP_TIMER
 	bool "Integrator-ap timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables support for the Integrator-ap timer.
@@ -253,7 +233,7 @@ config CLKSRC_EFM32
 
 config CLKSRC_LPC32XX
 	bool "Clocksource for LPC32XX" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	depends on ARM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select TIMER_OF
@@ -262,7 +242,7 @@ config CLKSRC_LPC32XX
 
 config CLKSRC_PISTACHIO
 	bool "Clocksource for Pistachio SoC" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select TIMER_OF
 	help
 	  Enables the clocksource for the Pistachio SoC.
@@ -298,7 +278,6 @@ config CLKSRC_MPS2
 
 config ARC_TIMERS
 	bool "Support for 32-bit TIMERn counters in ARC Cores" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select TIMER_OF
 	help
 	  These are legacy 32-bit TIMER0 and TIMER1 counters found on all ARC cores
@@ -307,7 +286,6 @@ config ARC_TIMERS
 
 config ARC_TIMERS_64BIT
 	bool "Support for 64-bit counters in ARC HS38 cores" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on ARC_TIMERS
 	select TIMER_OF
 	help
@@ -407,7 +385,6 @@ config ATMEL_PIT
 
 config ATMEL_ST
 	bool "Atmel ST timer support" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select TIMER_OF
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	help
@@ -426,7 +403,6 @@ config CLKSRC_EXYNOS_MCT
 
 config CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 	bool "PWM timer driver for Samsung S3C, S5P" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  This is a new clocksource driver for the PWM timer found in
@@ -436,7 +412,6 @@ config CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 
 config FSL_FTM_TIMER
 	bool "Freescale FlexTimer Module driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -450,7 +425,6 @@ config VF_PIT_TIMER
 
 config OXNAS_RPS_TIMER
 	bool "Oxford Semiconductor OXNAS RPS Timers driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select TIMER_OF
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -461,7 +435,7 @@ config SYS_SUPPORTS_SH_CMT
 
 config MTK_TIMER
 	bool "Mediatek timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select TIMER_OF
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -479,7 +453,6 @@ config SYS_SUPPORTS_EM_STI
 config CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT
 	bool "J-Core PIT timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on OF
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -488,7 +461,6 @@ config CLKSRC_JCORE_PIT
 
 config SH_TIMER_CMT
 	bool "Renesas CMT timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	default SYS_SUPPORTS_SH_CMT
 	help
@@ -498,7 +470,6 @@ config SH_TIMER_CMT
 
 config SH_TIMER_MTU2
 	bool "Renesas MTU2 timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	default SYS_SUPPORTS_SH_MTU2
 	help
@@ -508,14 +479,12 @@ config SH_TIMER_MTU2
 
 config RENESAS_OSTM
 	bool "Renesas OSTM timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enables the support for the Renesas OSTM.
 
 config SH_TIMER_TMU
 	bool "Renesas TMU timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	default SYS_SUPPORTS_SH_TMU
 	help
@@ -525,7 +494,7 @@ config SH_TIMER_TMU
 
 config EM_TIMER_STI
 	bool "Renesas STI timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	default SYS_SUPPORTS_EM_STI
 	help
 	  This enables build of a clocksource and clockevent driver for
@@ -566,7 +535,6 @@ config CLKSRC_TANGO_XTAL
 
 config CLKSRC_PXA
 	bool "Clocksource for PXA or SA-11x0 platform" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
@@ -575,20 +543,20 @@ config CLKSRC_PXA
 
 config H8300_TMR8
         bool "Clockevent timer for the H8300 platform" if COMPILE_TEST
-        depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+        depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  This enables the 8 bits timer for the H8300 platform.
 
 config H8300_TMR16
         bool "Clockevent timer for the H83069 platform" if COMPILE_TEST
-        depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+        depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  This enables the 16 bits timer for the H8300 platform with the
 	  H83069 cpu.
 
 config H8300_TPU
         bool "Clocksource for the H8300 platform" if COMPILE_TEST
-        depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS && HAS_IOMEM
+        depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  This enables the clocksource for the H8300 platform with the
 	  H8S2678 cpu.
@@ -600,7 +568,7 @@ config CLKSRC_IMX_GPT
 
 config CLKSRC_IMX_TPM
 	bool "Clocksource using i.MX TPM" if COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on ARM && CLKDEV_LOOKUP && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	depends on ARM && CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	help
 	  Enable this option to use IMX Timer/PWM Module (TPM) timer as
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index fd4b7f684bd0..0ecf5beb56ec 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ static u64 notrace arm64_858921_read_cntvct_el0(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_OOL_WORKAROUND
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *,
-	       timer_unstable_counter_workaround);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *, timer_unstable_counter_workaround);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timer_unstable_counter_workaround);
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arch_timer_read_ool_enabled);
@@ -1268,10 +1267,6 @@ arch_timer_mem_find_best_frame(struct arch_timer_mem *timer_mem)
 
 	iounmap(cntctlbase);
 
-	if (!best_frame)
-		pr_err("Unable to find a suitable frame in timer @ %pa\n",
-			&timer_mem->cntctlbase);
-
 	return best_frame;
 }
 
@@ -1372,6 +1367,8 @@ static int __init arch_timer_mem_of_init(struct device_node *np)
 
 	frame = arch_timer_mem_find_best_frame(timer_mem);
 	if (!frame) {
+		pr_err("Unable to find a suitable frame in timer @ %pa\n",
+			&timer_mem->cntctlbase);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1420,7 +1417,7 @@ arch_timer_mem_verify_cntfrq(struct arch_timer_mem *timer_mem)
 static int __init arch_timer_mem_acpi_init(int platform_timer_count)
 {
 	struct arch_timer_mem *timers, *timer;
-	struct arch_timer_mem_frame *frame;
+	struct arch_timer_mem_frame *frame, *best_frame = NULL;
 	int timer_count, i, ret = 0;
 
 	timers = kcalloc(platform_timer_count, sizeof(*timers),
@@ -1432,14 +1429,6 @@ static int __init arch_timer_mem_acpi_init(int platform_timer_count)
 	if (ret || !timer_count)
 		goto out;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < timer_count; i++) {
-		ret = arch_timer_mem_verify_cntfrq(&timers[i]);
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_err("Disabling MMIO timers due to CNTFRQ mismatch\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * While unlikely, it's theoretically possible that none of the frames
 	 * in a timer expose the combination of feature we want.
@@ -1448,12 +1437,26 @@ static int __init arch_timer_mem_acpi_init(int platform_timer_count)
 		timer = &timers[i];
 
 		frame = arch_timer_mem_find_best_frame(timer);
-		if (frame)
-			break;
+		if (!best_frame)
+			best_frame = frame;
+
+		ret = arch_timer_mem_verify_cntfrq(timer);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("Disabling MMIO timers due to CNTFRQ mismatch\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (!best_frame) /* implies !frame */
+			/*
+			 * Only complain about missing suitable frames if we
+			 * haven't already found one in a previous iteration.
+			 */
+			pr_err("Unable to find a suitable frame in timer @ %pa\n",
+				&timer->cntctlbase);
 	}
 
-	if (frame)
-		ret = arch_timer_mem_frame_register(frame);
+	if (best_frame)
+		ret = arch_timer_mem_frame_register(best_frame);
 out:
 	kfree(timers);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
index ae3167c28b12..a04808a21d4e 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@ static u64 notrace gic_read_count(void)
 
 static int gic_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	int cpu = cpumask_first(evt->cpumask);
 	u64 cnt;
 	int res;
 
 	cnt = gic_read_count();
 	cnt += (u64)delta;
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	write_gic_vl_other(mips_cm_vp_id(cpumask_first(evt->cpumask)));
-	write_gic_vo_compare(cnt);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	if (cpu == raw_smp_processor_id()) {
+		write_gic_vl_compare(cnt);
+	} else {
+		write_gic_vl_other(mips_cm_vp_id(cpu));
+		write_gic_vo_compare(cnt);
+	}
 	res = ((int)(gic_read_count() - cnt) >= 0) ? -ETIME : 0;
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/owl-timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/owl-timer.c
index d19c53c11094..c68630565079 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/owl-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/owl-timer.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int __init owl_timer_init(struct device_node *node)
 
 	owl_timer_base = of_io_request_and_map(node, 0, "owl-timer");
 	if (IS_ERR(owl_timer_base)) {
-		pr_err("Can't map timer registers");
+		pr_err("Can't map timer registers\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(owl_timer_base);
 	}
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int __init owl_timer_init(struct device_node *node)
 
 	timer1_irq = of_irq_get_byname(node, "timer1");
 	if (timer1_irq <= 0) {
-		pr_err("Can't parse timer1 IRQ");
+		pr_err("Can't parse timer1 IRQ\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/rockchip_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/rockchip_timer.c
index c27f4c850d83..33f370dbd0d6 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/rockchip_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/rockchip_timer.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int __init rk_clksrc_init(struct device_node *np)
 		TIMER_NAME, rk_clksrc->freq, 250, 32,
 		clocksource_mmio_readl_down);
 	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("Failed to register clocksource");
+		pr_err("Failed to register clocksource\n");
 		goto out_clocksource;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c b/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
index e09e8bf0bb9b..70b3cf8e23d0 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/sh_cmt.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_domain.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
@@ -39,16 +40,16 @@ struct sh_cmt_device;
  * SoC but also on the particular instance. The following table lists the main
  * characteristics of those flavours.
  *
- *			16B	32B	32B-F	48B	48B-2
+ *			16B	32B	32B-F	48B	R-Car Gen2
  * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Channels		2	1/4	1	6	2/8
  * Control Width	16	16	16	16	32
  * Counter Width	16	32	32	32/48	32/48
  * Shared Start/Stop	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
  *
- * The 48-bit gen2 version has a per-channel start/stop register located in the
- * channel registers block. All other versions have a shared start/stop register
- * located in the global space.
+ * The r8a73a4 / R-Car Gen2 version has a per-channel start/stop register
+ * located in the channel registers block. All other versions have a shared
+ * start/stop register located in the global space.
  *
  * Channels are indexed from 0 to N-1 in the documentation. The channel index
  * infers the start/stop bit position in the control register and the channel
@@ -66,14 +67,16 @@ struct sh_cmt_device;
 enum sh_cmt_model {
 	SH_CMT_16BIT,
 	SH_CMT_32BIT,
-	SH_CMT_32BIT_FAST,
 	SH_CMT_48BIT,
-	SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2,
+	SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2,
+	SH_CMT1_RCAR_GEN2,
 };
 
 struct sh_cmt_info {
 	enum sh_cmt_model model;
 
+	unsigned int channels_mask;
+
 	unsigned long width; /* 16 or 32 bit version of hardware block */
 	unsigned long overflow_bit;
 	unsigned long clear_bits;
@@ -200,18 +203,20 @@ static const struct sh_cmt_info sh_cmt_info[] = {
 		.read_count = sh_cmt_read32,
 		.write_count = sh_cmt_write32,
 	},
-	[SH_CMT_32BIT_FAST] = {
-		.model = SH_CMT_32BIT_FAST,
+	[SH_CMT_48BIT] = {
+		.model = SH_CMT_48BIT,
+		.channels_mask = 0x3f,
 		.width = 32,
 		.overflow_bit = SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF,
 		.clear_bits = ~(SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF | SH_CMT32_CMCSR_OVF),
-		.read_control = sh_cmt_read16,
-		.write_control = sh_cmt_write16,
+		.read_control = sh_cmt_read32,
+		.write_control = sh_cmt_write32,
 		.read_count = sh_cmt_read32,
 		.write_count = sh_cmt_write32,
 	},
-	[SH_CMT_48BIT] = {
-		.model = SH_CMT_48BIT,
+	[SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2] = {
+		.model = SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2,
+		.channels_mask = 0x60,
 		.width = 32,
 		.overflow_bit = SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF,
 		.clear_bits = ~(SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF | SH_CMT32_CMCSR_OVF),
@@ -220,8 +225,9 @@ static const struct sh_cmt_info sh_cmt_info[] = {
 		.read_count = sh_cmt_read32,
 		.write_count = sh_cmt_write32,
 	},
-	[SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2] = {
-		.model = SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2,
+	[SH_CMT1_RCAR_GEN2] = {
+		.model = SH_CMT1_RCAR_GEN2,
+		.channels_mask = 0xff,
 		.width = 32,
 		.overflow_bit = SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF,
 		.clear_bits = ~(SH_CMT32_CMCSR_CMF | SH_CMT32_CMCSR_OVF),
@@ -859,6 +865,7 @@ static int sh_cmt_setup_channel(struct sh_cmt_channel *ch, unsigned int index,
 	ch->cmt = cmt;
 	ch->index = index;
 	ch->hwidx = hwidx;
+	ch->timer_bit = hwidx;
 
 	/*
 	 * Compute the address of the channel control register block. For the
@@ -873,16 +880,11 @@ static int sh_cmt_setup_channel(struct sh_cmt_channel *ch, unsigned int index,
 	case SH_CMT_48BIT:
 		ch->ioctrl = cmt->mapbase + 0x10 + ch->hwidx * 0x10;
 		break;
-	case SH_CMT_32BIT_FAST:
-		/*
-		 * The 32-bit "fast" timer has a single channel at hwidx 5 but
-		 * is located at offset 0x40 instead of 0x60 for some reason.
-		 */
-		ch->ioctrl = cmt->mapbase + 0x40;
-		break;
-	case SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2:
+	case SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2:
+	case SH_CMT1_RCAR_GEN2:
 		ch->iostart = cmt->mapbase + ch->hwidx * 0x100;
 		ch->ioctrl = ch->iostart + 0x10;
+		ch->timer_bit = 0;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -894,8 +896,6 @@ static int sh_cmt_setup_channel(struct sh_cmt_channel *ch, unsigned int index,
 	ch->match_value = ch->max_match_value;
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&ch->lock);
 
-	ch->timer_bit = cmt->info->model == SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2 ? 0 : ch->hwidx;
-
 	ret = sh_cmt_register(ch, dev_name(&cmt->pdev->dev),
 			      clockevent, clocksource);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -935,22 +935,18 @@ static const struct platform_device_id sh_cmt_id_table[] = {
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, sh_cmt_id_table);
 
 static const struct of_device_id sh_cmt_of_table[] __maybe_unused = {
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,cmt-32", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT_32BIT] },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,cmt-32-fast", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT_32BIT_FAST] },
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,cmt-48", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT_48BIT] },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,cmt-48-gen2", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT_48BIT_GEN2] },
+	{
+		/* deprecated, preserved for backward compatibility */
+		.compatible = "renesas,cmt-48-gen2",
+		.data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2]
+	},
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar-gen2-cmt0", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT0_RCAR_GEN2] },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,rcar-gen2-cmt1", .data = &sh_cmt_info[SH_CMT1_RCAR_GEN2] },
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sh_cmt_of_table);
 
-static int sh_cmt_parse_dt(struct sh_cmt_device *cmt)
-{
-	struct device_node *np = cmt->pdev->dev.of_node;
-
-	return of_property_read_u32(np, "renesas,channels-mask",
-				    &cmt->hw_channels);
-}
-
 static int sh_cmt_setup(struct sh_cmt_device *cmt, struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	unsigned int mask;
@@ -961,14 +957,8 @@ static int sh_cmt_setup(struct sh_cmt_device *cmt, struct platform_device *pdev)
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&cmt->lock);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && pdev->dev.of_node) {
-		const struct of_device_id *id;
-
-		id = of_match_node(sh_cmt_of_table, pdev->dev.of_node);
-		cmt->info = id->data;
-
-		ret = sh_cmt_parse_dt(cmt);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+		cmt->info = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+		cmt->hw_channels = cmt->info->channels_mask;
 	} else if (pdev->dev.platform_data) {
 		struct sh_timer_config *cfg = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 		const struct platform_device_id *id = pdev->id_entry;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
index cdf23b628688..c020038ebfab 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ static int __init fttmr010_common_init(struct device_node *np, bool is_aspeed)
 
 	fttmr010->base = of_iomap(np, 0);
 	if (!fttmr010->base) {
-		pr_err("Can't remap registers");
+		pr_err("Can't remap registers\n");
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	/* IRQ for timer 1 */
 	irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 	if (irq <= 0) {
-		pr_err("Can't parse IRQ");
+		pr_err("Can't parse IRQ\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unmap;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
index c79122d8e10d..7c64a5c1bfc1 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c
@@ -176,3 +176,15 @@ out_fail:
 		timer_base_exit(&to->of_base);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void timer_of_exit(struct timer_of *to)
+{
+	if (to->flags & TIMER_OF_IRQ)
+		timer_irq_exit(&to->of_irq);
+
+	if (to->flags & TIMER_OF_CLOCK)
+		timer_clk_exit(&to->of_clk);
+
+	if (to->flags & TIMER_OF_BASE)
+		timer_base_exit(&to->of_base);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h
index c6d995ab93d5..43f5ba3f8979 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h
@@ -67,4 +67,7 @@ static inline unsigned long timer_of_period(struct timer_of *to)
 
 extern int __init timer_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 				struct timer_of *to);
+
+extern void timer_of_exit(struct timer_of *to);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 3ff5160451b4..b6d7c4c98d0a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct global_pstate_info {
 	int last_gpstate_idx;
 	spinlock_t gpstate_lock;
 	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 };
 
 static struct cpufreq_frequency_table powernv_freqs[POWERNV_MAX_PSTATES+1];
@@ -625,10 +626,10 @@ static inline void  queue_gpstate_timer(struct global_pstate_info *gpstates)
  * according quadratic equation. Queues a new timer if it is still not equal
  * to local pstate
  */
-void gpstate_timer_handler(unsigned long data)
+void gpstate_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = (struct cpufreq_policy *)data;
-	struct global_pstate_info *gpstates = policy->driver_data;
+	struct global_pstate_info *gpstates = from_timer(gpstates, t, timer);
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = gpstates->policy;
 	int gpstate_idx, lpstate_idx;
 	unsigned long val;
 	unsigned int time_diff = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies)
@@ -800,9 +801,9 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	policy->driver_data = gpstates;
 
 	/* initialize timer */
-	init_timer_pinned_deferrable(&gpstates->timer);
-	gpstates->timer.data = (unsigned long)policy;
-	gpstates->timer.function = gpstate_timer_handler;
+	gpstates->policy = policy;
+	timer_setup(&gpstates->timer, gpstate_timer_handler,
+		    TIMER_PINNED | TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 	gpstates->timer.expires = jiffies +
 				msecs_to_jiffies(GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL);
 	spin_lock_init(&gpstates->gpstate_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
index 0f9754e07719..456278440863 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/axis/artpec6_crypto.c
@@ -2072,9 +2072,9 @@ static void artpec6_crypto_process_queue(struct artpec6_crypto *ac)
 		del_timer(&ac->timer);
 }
 
-static void artpec6_crypto_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void artpec6_crypto_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct artpec6_crypto *ac = (struct artpec6_crypto *) data;
+	struct artpec6_crypto *ac = from_timer(ac, t, timer);
 
 	dev_info_ratelimited(artpec6_crypto_dev, "timeout\n");
 
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ static int artpec6_crypto_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&ac->queue_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ac->queue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ac->pending);
-	setup_timer(&ac->timer, artpec6_crypto_timeout, (unsigned long) ac);
+	timer_setup(&ac->timer, artpec6_crypto_timeout, 0);
 
 	ac->base = base;
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c b/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c
index bf25f415eea6..0eb2706f23c8 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct mv_req_hash_ctx {
 	int count_add;
 };
 
-static void mv_completion_timer_callback(unsigned long unused)
+static void mv_completion_timer_callback(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	int active = readl(cpg->reg + SEC_ACCEL_CMD) & SEC_CMD_EN_SEC_ACCL0;
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void mv_completion_timer_callback(unsigned long unused)
 
 static void mv_setup_timer(void)
 {
-	setup_timer(&cpg->completion_timer, &mv_completion_timer_callback, 0);
+	timer_setup(&cpg->completion_timer, mv_completion_timer_callback, 0);
 	mod_timer(&cpg->completion_timer,
 			jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MV_CESA_EXPIRE));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
index b6f14844702e..5a6dc53b2b9d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/picoxcell_crypto.c
@@ -1125,9 +1125,9 @@ static irqreturn_t spacc_spacc_irq(int irq, void *dev)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void spacc_packet_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void spacc_packet_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct spacc_engine *engine = (struct spacc_engine *)data;
+	struct spacc_engine *engine = from_timer(engine, t, packet_timeout);
 
 	spacc_process_done(engine);
 }
@@ -1714,8 +1714,7 @@ static int spacc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	writel(SPA_IRQ_EN_STAT_EN | SPA_IRQ_EN_GLBL_EN,
 	       engine->regs + SPA_IRQ_EN_REG_OFFSET);
 
-	setup_timer(&engine->packet_timeout, spacc_packet_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)engine);
+	timer_setup(&engine->packet_timeout, spacc_packet_timeout, 0);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&engine->pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&engine->completed);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
index d6a09b9cd8cc..4372f9e4b0da 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ int fw_cancel_transaction(struct fw_card *card,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fw_cancel_transaction);
 
-static void split_transaction_timeout_callback(unsigned long data)
+static void split_transaction_timeout_callback(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
-	struct fw_transaction *t = (struct fw_transaction *)data;
+	struct fw_transaction *t = from_timer(t, timer, split_timeout_timer);
 	struct fw_card *card = t->card;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ void fw_send_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_transaction *t, int tcode,
 	t->tlabel = tlabel;
 	t->card = card;
 	t->is_split_transaction = false;
-	setup_timer(&t->split_timeout_timer,
-		    split_transaction_timeout_callback, (unsigned long)t);
+	timer_setup(&t->split_timeout_timer,
+		    split_transaction_timeout_callback, 0);
 	t->callback = callback;
 	t->callback_data = callback_data;
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ int fw_run_transaction(struct fw_card *card, int tcode, int destination_id,
 	struct transaction_callback_data d;
 	struct fw_transaction t;
 
-	init_timer_on_stack(&t.split_timeout_timer);
+	timer_setup_on_stack(&t.split_timeout_timer, NULL, 0);
 	init_completion(&d.done);
 	d.payload = payload;
 	fw_send_request(card, &t, tcode, destination_id, generation, speed,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index fc9a6a83dfc7..4b152e0d31a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -975,9 +975,9 @@ static void hangcheck_timer_reset(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 		  round_jiffies_up(jiffies + DRM_ETNAVIV_HANGCHECK_JIFFIES));
 }
 
-static void hangcheck_handler(unsigned long data)
+static void hangcheck_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu = (struct etnaviv_gpu *)data;
+	struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu = from_timer(gpu, t, hangcheck_timer);
 	u32 fence = gpu->completed_fence;
 	bool progress = false;
 
@@ -1648,8 +1648,7 @@ static int etnaviv_gpu_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	INIT_WORK(&gpu->recover_work, recover_worker);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&gpu->fence_event);
 
-	setup_deferrable_timer(&gpu->hangcheck_timer, hangcheck_handler,
-			       (unsigned long)gpu);
+	timer_setup(&gpu->hangcheck_timer, hangcheck_handler, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	priv->gpu[priv->num_gpus++] = gpu;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_lid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_lid.c
index 1d2ebb5e530f..be6dda58fcae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_lid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_lid.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #include "psb_intel_reg.h"
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
-static void psb_lid_timer_func(unsigned long data)
+static void psb_lid_timer_func(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct drm_psb_private * dev_priv = (struct drm_psb_private *)data;
+	struct drm_psb_private *dev_priv = from_timer(dev_priv, t, lid_timer);
 	struct drm_device *dev = (struct drm_device *)dev_priv->dev;
 	struct timer_list *lid_timer = &dev_priv->lid_timer;
 	unsigned long irq_flags;
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ void psb_lid_timer_init(struct drm_psb_private *dev_priv)
 	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->lid_lock);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->lid_lock, irq_flags);
 
-	init_timer(lid_timer);
+	timer_setup(lid_timer, psb_lid_timer_func, 0);
 
-	lid_timer->data = (unsigned long)dev_priv;
-	lid_timer->function = psb_lid_timer_func;
 	lid_timer->expires = jiffies + PSB_LID_DELAY;
 
 	add_timer(lid_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/hsi/clients/ssi_protocol.c b/drivers/hsi/clients/ssi_protocol.c
index 93d28c0ec8bf..9b167bc6eee4 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/clients/ssi_protocol.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/clients/ssi_protocol.c
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ static void ssip_error(struct hsi_client *cl)
 	hsi_async_read(cl, msg);
 }
 
-static void ssip_keep_alive(unsigned long data)
+static void ssip_keep_alive(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hsi_client *cl = (struct hsi_client *)data;
-	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = hsi_client_drvdata(cl);
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, keep_alive);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
 
 	dev_dbg(&cl->device, "Keep alive kick in: m(%d) r(%d) s(%d)\n",
 		ssi->main_state, ssi->recv_state, ssi->send_state);
@@ -490,9 +490,19 @@ static void ssip_keep_alive(unsigned long data)
 	spin_unlock(&ssi->lock);
 }
 
-static void ssip_wd(unsigned long data)
+static void ssip_rx_wd(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, rx_wd);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
+
+	dev_err(&cl->device, "Watchdog trigerred\n");
+	ssip_error(cl);
+}
+
+static void ssip_tx_wd(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hsi_client *cl = (struct hsi_client *)data;
+	struct ssi_protocol *ssi = from_timer(ssi, t, tx_wd);
+	struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
 
 	dev_err(&cl->device, "Watchdog trigerred\n");
 	ssip_error(cl);
@@ -1084,15 +1094,9 @@ static int ssi_protocol_probe(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ssi->lock);
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ssi->rx_wd);
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ssi->tx_wd);
-	init_timer(&ssi->keep_alive);
-	ssi->rx_wd.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->rx_wd.function = ssip_wd;
-	ssi->tx_wd.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->tx_wd.function = ssip_wd;
-	ssi->keep_alive.data = (unsigned long)cl;
-	ssi->keep_alive.function = ssip_keep_alive;
+	timer_setup(&ssi->rx_wd, ssip_rx_wd, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	timer_setup(&ssi->tx_wd, ssip_tx_wd, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	timer_setup(&ssi->keep_alive, ssip_keep_alive, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ssi->txqueue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ssi->cmdqueue);
 	atomic_set(&ssi->tx_usecnt, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 3a234701d92c..6f25da56a169 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -611,9 +611,9 @@ static int drive_is_ready(ide_drive_t *drive)
  *	logic that wants cleaning up.
  */
  
-void ide_timer_expiry (unsigned long data)
+void ide_timer_expiry (struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	ide_hwif_t	*hwif = (ide_hwif_t *)data;
+	ide_hwif_t	*hwif = from_timer(hwif, t, timer);
 	ide_drive_t	*uninitialized_var(drive);
 	ide_handler_t	*handler;
 	unsigned long	flags;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index eaf39e5db08b..17fd55af4d92 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static void ide_init_port_data(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned int index)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&hwif->lock);
 
-	setup_timer(&hwif->timer, &ide_timer_expiry, (unsigned long)hwif);
+	timer_setup(&hwif->timer, ide_timer_expiry, 0);
 
 	init_completion(&hwif->gendev_rel_comp);
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c
index 3b3db8c868e0..d3265b6b58b8 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void touch_timer_fire(unsigned long data)
 	}
 }
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(touch_timer, touch_timer_fire, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(touch_timer, touch_timer_fire);
 
 /**
  * stylus_irq - touchscreen stylus event interrupt
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
index ea9bdc85a21d..899ec1f4c833 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(smu_part_access);
 static int smu_irq_inited;
 static unsigned long smu_cmdbuf_abs;
 
-static void smu_i2c_retry(unsigned long data);
+static void smu_i2c_retry(struct timer_list *t);
 
 /*
  * SMU driver low level stuff
@@ -582,9 +582,7 @@ static int smu_late_init(void)
 	if (!smu)
 		return 0;
 
-	init_timer(&smu->i2c_timer);
-	smu->i2c_timer.function = smu_i2c_retry;
-	smu->i2c_timer.data = (unsigned long)smu;
+	timer_setup(&smu->i2c_timer, smu_i2c_retry, 0);
 
 	if (smu->db_node) {
 		smu->db_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(smu->db_node, 0);
@@ -755,7 +753,7 @@ static void smu_i2c_complete_command(struct smu_i2c_cmd *cmd, int fail)
 }
 
 
-static void smu_i2c_retry(unsigned long data)
+static void smu_i2c_retry(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	struct smu_i2c_cmd	*cmd = smu->cmd_i2c_cur;
 
@@ -795,7 +793,7 @@ static void smu_i2c_low_completion(struct smu_cmd *scmd, void *misc)
 		BUG_ON(cmd != smu->cmd_i2c_cur);
 		if (!smu_irq_inited) {
 			mdelay(5);
-			smu_i2c_retry(0);
+			smu_i2c_retry(NULL);
 			return;
 		}
 		mod_timer(&smu->i2c_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(5));
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-altera.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-altera.c
index bb682c926b0a..bcb29df9549e 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-altera.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-altera.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct altera_mbox {
 
 	/* If the controller supports only RX polling mode */
 	struct timer_list rxpoll_timer;
+	struct mbox_chan *chan;
 };
 
 static struct altera_mbox *mbox_chan_to_altera_mbox(struct mbox_chan *chan)
@@ -138,12 +139,11 @@ static void altera_mbox_rx_data(struct mbox_chan *chan)
 	}
 }
 
-static void altera_mbox_poll_rx(unsigned long data)
+static void altera_mbox_poll_rx(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct mbox_chan *chan = (struct mbox_chan *)data;
-	struct altera_mbox *mbox = mbox_chan_to_altera_mbox(chan);
+	struct altera_mbox *mbox = from_timer(mbox, t, rxpoll_timer);
 
-	altera_mbox_rx_data(chan);
+	altera_mbox_rx_data(mbox->chan);
 
 	mod_timer(&mbox->rxpoll_timer,
 		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MBOX_POLLING_MS));
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ static int altera_mbox_startup_receiver(struct mbox_chan *chan)
 
 polling:
 	/* Setup polling timer */
-	setup_timer(&mbox->rxpoll_timer, altera_mbox_poll_rx,
-		    (unsigned long)chan);
+	mbox->chan = chan;
+	timer_setup(&mbox->rxpoll_timer, altera_mbox_poll_rx, 0);
 	mod_timer(&mbox->rxpoll_timer,
 		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MBOX_POLLING_MS));
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
index ad5b25b89699..8289ee482f49 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ static void pvr2_hdw_state_log_state(struct pvr2_hdw *);
 static int pvr2_hdw_cmd_usbstream(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,int runFl);
 static int pvr2_hdw_commit_setup(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw);
 static int pvr2_hdw_get_eeprom_addr(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw);
-static void pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout(unsigned long);
-static void pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout(unsigned long);
-static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout(unsigned long);
-static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout(unsigned long);
+static void pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout(struct timer_list *);
+static void pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout(struct timer_list *);
+static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout(struct timer_list *);
+static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 static int pvr2_issue_simple_cmd(struct pvr2_hdw *,u32);
 static int pvr2_send_request_ex(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,
 				unsigned int timeout,int probe_fl,
@@ -2373,18 +2373,15 @@ struct pvr2_hdw *pvr2_hdw_create(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	}
 	if (!hdw) goto fail;
 
-	setup_timer(&hdw->quiescent_timer, pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)hdw);
+	timer_setup(&hdw->quiescent_timer, pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout, 0);
 
-	setup_timer(&hdw->decoder_stabilization_timer,
-		    pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)hdw);
+	timer_setup(&hdw->decoder_stabilization_timer,
+		    pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout, 0);
 
-	setup_timer(&hdw->encoder_wait_timer, pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)hdw);
+	timer_setup(&hdw->encoder_wait_timer, pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout,
+		    0);
 
-	setup_timer(&hdw->encoder_run_timer, pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)hdw);
+	timer_setup(&hdw->encoder_run_timer, pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout, 0);
 
 	hdw->master_state = PVR2_STATE_DEAD;
 
@@ -3539,10 +3536,16 @@ static void pvr2_ctl_read_complete(struct urb *urb)
 	complete(&hdw->ctl_done);
 }
 
+struct hdw_timer {
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw;
+};
 
-static void pvr2_ctl_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void pvr2_ctl_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = (struct pvr2_hdw *)data;
+	struct hdw_timer *timer = from_timer(timer, t, timer);
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = timer->hdw;
+
 	if (hdw->ctl_write_pend_flag || hdw->ctl_read_pend_flag) {
 		hdw->ctl_timeout_flag = !0;
 		if (hdw->ctl_write_pend_flag)
@@ -3564,7 +3567,10 @@ static int pvr2_send_request_ex(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,
 {
 	unsigned int idx;
 	int status = 0;
-	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct hdw_timer timer = {
+		.hdw = hdw,
+	};
+
 	if (!hdw->ctl_lock_held) {
 		pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_ERROR_LEGS,
 			   "Attempted to execute control transfer without lock!!");
@@ -3621,8 +3627,8 @@ static int pvr2_send_request_ex(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,
 	hdw->ctl_timeout_flag = 0;
 	hdw->ctl_write_pend_flag = 0;
 	hdw->ctl_read_pend_flag = 0;
-	setup_timer(&timer, pvr2_ctl_timeout, (unsigned long)hdw);
-	timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
+	timer_setup_on_stack(&timer.timer, pvr2_ctl_timeout, 0);
+	timer.timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
 
 	if (write_len && write_data) {
 		hdw->cmd_debug_state = 2;
@@ -3677,7 +3683,7 @@ status);
 	}
 
 	/* Start timer */
-	add_timer(&timer);
+	add_timer(&timer.timer);
 
 	/* Now wait for all I/O to complete */
 	hdw->cmd_debug_state = 4;
@@ -3687,7 +3693,7 @@ status);
 	hdw->cmd_debug_state = 5;
 
 	/* Stop timer */
-	del_timer_sync(&timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&timer.timer);
 
 	hdw->cmd_debug_state = 6;
 	status = 0;
@@ -3769,6 +3775,8 @@ status);
 	if ((status < 0) && (!probe_fl)) {
 		pvr2_hdw_render_useless(hdw);
 	}
+	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer.timer);
+
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -4366,9 +4374,9 @@ static int state_eval_encoder_run(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw)
 
 
 /* Timeout function for quiescent timer. */
-static void pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = (struct pvr2_hdw *)data;
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = from_timer(hdw, t, quiescent_timer);
 	hdw->state_decoder_quiescent = !0;
 	trace_stbit("state_decoder_quiescent",hdw->state_decoder_quiescent);
 	hdw->state_stale = !0;
@@ -4377,9 +4385,9 @@ static void pvr2_hdw_quiescent_timeout(unsigned long data)
 
 
 /* Timeout function for decoder stabilization timer. */
-static void pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = (struct pvr2_hdw *)data;
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = from_timer(hdw, t, decoder_stabilization_timer);
 	hdw->state_decoder_ready = !0;
 	trace_stbit("state_decoder_ready", hdw->state_decoder_ready);
 	hdw->state_stale = !0;
@@ -4388,9 +4396,9 @@ static void pvr2_hdw_decoder_stabilization_timeout(unsigned long data)
 
 
 /* Timeout function for encoder wait timer. */
-static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = (struct pvr2_hdw *)data;
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = from_timer(hdw, t, encoder_wait_timer);
 	hdw->state_encoder_waitok = !0;
 	trace_stbit("state_encoder_waitok",hdw->state_encoder_waitok);
 	hdw->state_stale = !0;
@@ -4399,9 +4407,9 @@ static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_wait_timeout(unsigned long data)
 
 
 /* Timeout function for encoder run timer. */
-static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void pvr2_hdw_encoder_run_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = (struct pvr2_hdw *)data;
+	struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = from_timer(hdw, t, encoder_run_timer);
 	if (!hdw->state_encoder_runok) {
 		hdw->state_encoder_runok = !0;
 		trace_stbit("state_encoder_runok",hdw->state_encoder_runok);
diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c b/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c
index 48db922075e2..bcdca9fbef51 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/host/jmb38x_ms.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct jmb38x_ms_host {
 	unsigned int            block_pos;
 	unsigned long           timeout_jiffies;
 	struct timer_list       timer;
+	struct memstick_host	*msh;
 	struct memstick_request *req;
 	unsigned char           cmd_flags;
 	unsigned char           io_pos;
@@ -592,10 +593,10 @@ static irqreturn_t jmb38x_ms_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void jmb38x_ms_abort(unsigned long data)
+static void jmb38x_ms_abort(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct memstick_host *msh = (struct memstick_host *)data;
-	struct jmb38x_ms_host *host = memstick_priv(msh);
+	struct jmb38x_ms_host *host = from_timer(host, t, timer);
+	struct memstick_host *msh = host->msh;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	dev_dbg(&host->chip->pdev->dev, "abort\n");
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ static struct memstick_host *jmb38x_ms_alloc_host(struct jmb38x_ms *jm, int cnt)
 		return NULL;
 
 	host = memstick_priv(msh);
+	host->msh = msh;
 	host->chip = jm;
 	host->addr = ioremap(pci_resource_start(jm->pdev, cnt),
 			     pci_resource_len(jm->pdev, cnt));
@@ -897,7 +899,7 @@ static struct memstick_host *jmb38x_ms_alloc_host(struct jmb38x_ms *jm, int cnt)
 
 	msh->caps = MEMSTICK_CAP_PAR4 | MEMSTICK_CAP_PAR8;
 
-	setup_timer(&host->timer, jmb38x_ms_abort, (unsigned long)msh);
+	timer_setup(&host->timer, jmb38x_ms_abort, 0);
 
 	if (!request_irq(host->irq, jmb38x_ms_isr, IRQF_SHARED, host->host_id,
 			 msh))
diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
index d5cfb503b9d6..627d6e62fe31 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ static void r592_update_card_detect(struct r592_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Timer routine that fires 1 second after last card detection event, */
-static void r592_detect_timer(long unsigned int data)
+static void r592_detect_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct r592_device *dev = (struct r592_device *)data;
+	struct r592_device *dev = from_timer(dev, t, detect_timer);
 	r592_update_card_detect(dev);
 	memstick_detect_change(dev->host);
 }
@@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ static int r592_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->io_thread_lock);
 	init_completion(&dev->dma_done);
 	INIT_KFIFO(dev->pio_fifo);
-	setup_timer(&dev->detect_timer,
-		r592_detect_timer, (long unsigned int)dev);
+	timer_setup(&dev->detect_timer, r592_detect_timer, 0);
 
 	/* Host initialization */
 	host->caps = MEMSTICK_CAP_PAR4;
diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/tifm_ms.c b/drivers/memstick/host/tifm_ms.c
index 7bafa72f8f57..bed205849d02 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/host/tifm_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/host/tifm_ms.c
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ static int tifm_ms_set_param(struct memstick_host *msh,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void tifm_ms_abort(unsigned long data)
+static void tifm_ms_abort(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct tifm_ms *host = (struct tifm_ms *)data;
+	struct tifm_ms *host = from_timer(host, t, timer);
 
 	dev_dbg(&host->dev->dev, "status %x\n",
 		readl(host->dev->addr + SOCK_MS_STATUS));
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int tifm_ms_probe(struct tifm_dev *sock)
 	host->dev = sock;
 	host->timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 
-	setup_timer(&host->timer, tifm_ms_abort, (unsigned long)host);
+	timer_setup(&host->timer, tifm_ms_abort, 0);
 	tasklet_init(&host->notify, tifm_ms_req_tasklet, (unsigned long)msh);
 
 	msh->request = tifm_ms_submit_req;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
index 7f327121e6d7..0c775d6fcf59 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ struct xpc_arch_operations xpc_arch_ops;
  * Timer function to enforce the timelimit on the partition disengage.
  */
 static void
-xpc_timeout_partition_disengage(unsigned long data)
+xpc_timeout_partition_disengage(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct xpc_partition *part = (struct xpc_partition *)data;
+	struct xpc_partition *part = from_timer(part, t, disengage_timer);
 
 	DBUG_ON(time_is_after_jiffies(part->disengage_timeout));
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ xpc_timeout_partition_disengage(unsigned long data)
  * specify when the next timeout should occur.
  */
 static void
-xpc_hb_beater(unsigned long dummy)
+xpc_hb_beater(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	xpc_arch_ops.increment_heartbeat();
 
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static void
 xpc_start_hb_beater(void)
 {
 	xpc_arch_ops.heartbeat_init();
-	init_timer(&xpc_hb_timer);
-	xpc_hb_timer.function = xpc_hb_beater;
+	timer_setup(&xpc_hb_timer, xpc_hb_beater, 0);
 	xpc_hb_beater(0);
 }
 
@@ -931,10 +930,8 @@ xpc_setup_partitions(void)
 		part->act_state = XPC_P_AS_INACTIVE;
 		XPC_SET_REASON(part, 0, 0);
 
-		init_timer(&part->disengage_timer);
-		part->disengage_timer.function =
-		    xpc_timeout_partition_disengage;
-		part->disengage_timer.data = (unsigned long)part;
+		timer_setup(&part->disengage_timer,
+			    xpc_timeout_partition_disengage, 0);
 
 		part->setup_state = XPC_P_SS_UNSET;
 		init_waitqueue_head(&part->teardown_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c
index 7d71c04fc938..5a12d2a54049 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c
@@ -323,16 +323,16 @@ xpc_handle_notify_IRQ_sn2(int irq, void *dev_id)
  * was received.
  */
 static void
-xpc_check_for_dropped_notify_IRQ_sn2(struct xpc_partition *part)
+xpc_check_for_dropped_notify_IRQ_sn2(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct xpc_partition_sn2 *part_sn2 = &part->sn.sn2;
+	struct xpc_partition *part =
+		from_timer(part, t, sn.sn2.dropped_notify_IRQ_timer);
 
 	if (xpc_part_ref(part)) {
 		xpc_check_for_sent_chctl_flags_sn2(part);
 
-		part_sn2->dropped_notify_IRQ_timer.expires = jiffies +
-		    XPC_DROPPED_NOTIFY_IRQ_WAIT_INTERVAL;
-		add_timer(&part_sn2->dropped_notify_IRQ_timer);
+		t->expires = jiffies + XPC_DROPPED_NOTIFY_IRQ_WAIT_INTERVAL;
+		add_timer(t);
 		xpc_part_deref(part);
 	}
 }
@@ -1232,10 +1232,7 @@ xpc_setup_ch_structures_sn2(struct xpc_partition *part)
 
 	/* Setup a timer to check for dropped notify IRQs */
 	timer = &part_sn2->dropped_notify_IRQ_timer;
-	init_timer(timer);
-	timer->function =
-	    (void (*)(unsigned long))xpc_check_for_dropped_notify_IRQ_sn2;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)part;
+	timer_setup(timer, xpc_check_for_dropped_notify_IRQ_sn2, 0);
 	timer->expires = jiffies + XPC_DROPPED_NOTIFY_IRQ_WAIT_INTERVAL;
 	add_timer(timer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cris/eth_v10.c b/drivers/net/cris/eth_v10.c
index 1cbca8e5741e..b6e2bfd7d2d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cris/eth_v10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cris/eth_v10.c
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ static unsigned int network_rec_config_shadow = 0;
 static unsigned int network_tr_ctrl_shadow = 0;
 
 /* Network speed indication. */
-static DEFINE_TIMER(speed_timer, NULL, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(clear_led_timer, NULL, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(speed_timer, NULL);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(clear_led_timer, NULL);
 static int current_speed; /* Speed read from transceiver */
 static int current_speed_selection; /* Speed selected by user */
 static unsigned long led_next_time;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int led_active;
 static int rx_queue_len;
 
 /* Duplex */
-static DEFINE_TIMER(duplex_timer, NULL, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(duplex_timer, NULL);
 static int full_duplex;
 static enum duplex current_duplex;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 9feec7009443..29fea74bff2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -4725,9 +4725,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qlge_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid	= qlge_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
 };
 
-static void ql_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void ql_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ql_adapter *qdev = (struct ql_adapter *)data;
+	struct ql_adapter *qdev = from_timer(qdev, t, timer);
 	u32 var = 0;
 
 	var = ql_read32(qdev, STS);
@@ -4806,11 +4806,8 @@ static int qlge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/* Start up the timer to trigger EEH if
 	 * the bus goes dead
 	 */
-	init_timer_deferrable(&qdev->timer);
-	qdev->timer.data = (unsigned long)qdev;
-	qdev->timer.function = ql_timer;
-	qdev->timer.expires = jiffies + (5*HZ);
-	add_timer(&qdev->timer);
+	timer_setup(&qdev->timer, ql_timer, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	mod_timer(&qdev->timer, jiffies + (5*HZ));
 	ql_link_off(qdev);
 	ql_display_dev_info(ndev);
 	atomic_set(&qdev->lb_count, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/tile/tilepro.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/tile/tilepro.c
index 49ccee4b9aec..56d06282fbde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/tile/tilepro.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/tile/tilepro.c
@@ -608,9 +608,9 @@ static void tile_net_schedule_egress_timer(struct tile_net_cpu *info)
  * ISSUE: Maybe instead track number of expected completions, and free
  * only that many, resetting to zero if "pending" is ever false.
  */
-static void tile_net_handle_egress_timer(unsigned long arg)
+static void tile_net_handle_egress_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct tile_net_cpu *info = (struct tile_net_cpu *)arg;
+	struct tile_net_cpu *info = from_timer(info, t, egress_timer);
 	struct net_device *dev = info->napi.dev;
 
 	/* The timer is no longer scheduled. */
@@ -1004,9 +1004,8 @@ static void tile_net_register(void *dev_ptr)
 		BUG();
 
 	/* Initialize the egress timer. */
-	init_timer_pinned(&info->egress_timer);
-	info->egress_timer.data = (long)info;
-	info->egress_timer.function = tile_net_handle_egress_timer;
+	timer_setup(&info->egress_timer, tile_net_handle_egress_timer,
+		    TIMER_PINNED);
 
 	u64_stats_init(&info->stats.syncp);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
index 7a7c5224a336..104f71fa9c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static struct net_device *yam_devs[NR_PORTS];
 
 static struct yam_mcs *yam_data;
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(yam_timer, NULL, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(yam_timer, NULL);
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index d7c49cf1d5e9..3247d2feda07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2325,9 +2325,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Walk the forwarding table and purge stale entries */
-static void vxlan_cleanup(unsigned long arg)
+static void vxlan_cleanup(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = (struct vxlan_dev *) arg;
+	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = from_timer(vxlan, t, age_timer);
 	unsigned long next_timer = jiffies + FDB_AGE_INTERVAL;
 	unsigned int h;
 
@@ -2647,9 +2647,7 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vxlan->next);
 	spin_lock_init(&vxlan->hash_lock);
 
-	init_timer_deferrable(&vxlan->age_timer);
-	vxlan->age_timer.function = vxlan_cleanup;
-	vxlan->age_timer.data = (unsigned long) vxlan;
+	timer_setup(&vxlan->age_timer, vxlan_cleanup, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	vxlan->dev = dev;
 
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/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/recovery.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/recovery.c
index 3a8d5e97dc8e..c09e40c9010f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/recovery.c
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ void ath6kl_recovery_hb_event(struct ath6kl *ar, u32 cookie)
 		ar->fw_recovery.hb_pending = false;
 }
 
-static void ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct ath6kl *ar = (struct ath6kl *) data;
+	struct ath6kl *ar = from_timer(ar, t, fw_recovery.hb_timer);
 	int err;
 
 	if (test_bit(RECOVERY_CLEANUP, &ar->flag) ||
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ void ath6kl_recovery_init(struct ath6kl *ar)
 	recovery->seq_num = 0;
 	recovery->hb_misscnt = 0;
 	ar->fw_recovery.hb_pending = false;
-	ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer.function = ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer;
-	ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer.data = (unsigned long) ar;
-	init_timer_deferrable(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer, ath6kl_recovery_hb_timer,
+		    TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
 
 	if (ar->fw_recovery.hb_poll)
 		mod_timer(&ar->fw_recovery.hb_timer, jiffies +
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
index 94bf01f8b2a8..ede89d4ffc88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ exit:
 /* LED trigger */
 static int tx_activity;
 static void at76_ledtrig_tx_timerfunc(unsigned long data);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(ledtrig_tx_timer, at76_ledtrig_tx_timerfunc, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(ledtrig_tx_timer, at76_ledtrig_tx_timerfunc);
 DEFINE_LED_TRIGGER(ledtrig_tx);
 
 static void at76_ledtrig_tx_timerfunc(unsigned long data)
diff --git a/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c b/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c
index 74cc6dd982d2..2d1a5c737c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ static void parport_ieee1284_wakeup (struct parport *port)
 	up (&port->physport->ieee1284.irq);
 }
 
-static struct parport *port_from_cookie[PARPORT_MAX];
-static void timeout_waiting_on_port (unsigned long cookie)
+static void timeout_waiting_on_port (struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	parport_ieee1284_wakeup (port_from_cookie[cookie % PARPORT_MAX]);
+	struct parport *port = from_timer(port, t, timer);
+
+	parport_ieee1284_wakeup (port);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,27 +70,19 @@ static void timeout_waiting_on_port (unsigned long cookie)
 int parport_wait_event (struct parport *port, signed long timeout)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct timer_list timer;
 
 	if (!port->physport->cad->timeout)
 		/* Zero timeout is special, and we can't down() the
 		   semaphore. */
 		return 1;
 
-	init_timer_on_stack(&timer);
-	timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
-	timer.function = timeout_waiting_on_port;
-	port_from_cookie[port->number % PARPORT_MAX] = port;
-	timer.data = port->number;
-
-	add_timer (&timer);
+	timer_setup(&port->timer, timeout_waiting_on_port, 0);
+	mod_timer(&port->timer, jiffies + timeout);
 	ret = down_interruptible (&port->physport->ieee1284.irq);
-	if (!del_timer_sync(&timer) && !ret)
+	if (!del_timer_sync(&port->timer) && !ret)
 		/* Timed out. */
 		ret = 1;
 
-	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/bcm63xx_pcmcia.c b/drivers/pcmcia/bcm63xx_pcmcia.c
index 0802e0bc7d0c..16f573173471 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/bcm63xx_pcmcia.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/bcm63xx_pcmcia.c
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ static int bcm63xx_pcmcia_get_status(struct pcmcia_socket *sock,
 /*
  * socket polling timer callback
  */
-static void bcm63xx_pcmcia_poll(unsigned long data)
+static void bcm63xx_pcmcia_poll(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct bcm63xx_pcmcia_socket *skt;
 	unsigned int stat, events;
 
-	skt = (struct bcm63xx_pcmcia_socket *)data;
+	skt = from_timer(skt, t, timer);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&skt->lock);
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int bcm63xx_drv_pcmcia_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sock->map_size = resource_size(skt->common_res);
 
 	/* initialize polling timer */
-	setup_timer(&skt->timer, bcm63xx_pcmcia_poll, (unsigned long)skt);
+	timer_setup(&skt->timer, bcm63xx_pcmcia_poll, 0);
 
 	/* initialize  pcmcia  control register,  drive  VS[12] to  0,
 	 * leave CB IDSEL to the old  value since it is set by the PCI
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/bfin_cf_pcmcia.c b/drivers/pcmcia/bfin_cf_pcmcia.c
index 8b0923fd76c6..00a296d431ba 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/bfin_cf_pcmcia.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/bfin_cf_pcmcia.c
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ static int bfin_cf_ss_init(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
 }
 
 /* the timer is primarily to kick this socket's pccardd */
-static void bfin_cf_timer(unsigned long _cf)
+static void bfin_cf_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct bfin_cf_socket *cf = (void *)_cf;
+	struct bfin_cf_socket *cf = from_timer(cf, t, timer);
 	unsigned short present = bfin_cf_present(cf->cd_pfx);
 
 	if (present != cf->present) {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int bfin_cf_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	cf->cd_pfx = cd_pfx;
 
-	setup_timer(&cf->timer, bfin_cf_timer, (unsigned long)cf);
+	timer_setup(&cf->timer, bfin_cf_timer, 0);
 
 	cf->pdev = pdev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, cf);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.c b/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.c
index fb38cc01859f..891ccea2cccb 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pcic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
     return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
 } /* pcic_interrupt */
 
-static void pcic_interrupt_wrapper(u_long data)
+static void pcic_interrupt_wrapper(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
     pcic_interrupt(0, NULL);
     poll_timer.expires = jiffies + poll_interval;
@@ -1289,9 +1289,7 @@ static int __init init_i82365(void)
 
     /* Finally, schedule a polling interrupt */
     if (poll_interval != 0) {
-	poll_timer.function = pcic_interrupt_wrapper;
-	poll_timer.data = 0;
-	init_timer(&poll_timer);
+	timer_setup(&poll_timer, pcic_interrupt_wrapper, 0);
     	poll_timer.expires = jiffies + poll_interval;
 	add_timer(&poll_timer);
     }
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c b/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
index 4e2f501e5548..c2a17a79f0b2 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ static int omap_cf_ss_init(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
 }
 
 /* the timer is primarily to kick this socket's pccardd */
-static void omap_cf_timer(unsigned long _cf)
+static void omap_cf_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct omap_cf_socket	*cf = (void *) _cf;
+	struct omap_cf_socket	*cf = from_timer(cf, t, timer);
 	unsigned		present = omap_cf_present();
 
 	if (present != cf->present) {
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ static void omap_cf_timer(unsigned long _cf)
  */
 static irqreturn_t omap_cf_irq(int irq, void *_cf)
 {
-	omap_cf_timer((unsigned long)_cf);
+	struct omap_cf_socket *cf = (struct omap_cf_socket *)_cf;
+
+	omap_cf_timer(&cf->timer);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ static int __init omap_cf_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	cf = kzalloc(sizeof *cf, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	setup_timer(&cf->timer, omap_cf_timer, (unsigned long)cf);
+	timer_setup(&cf->timer, omap_cf_timer, 0);
 
 	cf->pdev = pdev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, cf);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c
index 0f70b4d58f9e..959ae3e65ef8 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ static irqreturn_t pd6729_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
 
 /* socket functions */
 
-static void pd6729_interrupt_wrapper(unsigned long data)
+static void pd6729_interrupt_wrapper(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct pd6729_socket *socket = (struct pd6729_socket *) data;
+	struct pd6729_socket *socket = from_timer(socket, t, poll_timer);
 
 	pd6729_interrupt(0, (void *)socket);
 	mod_timer(&socket->poll_timer, jiffies + HZ);
@@ -707,8 +707,7 @@ static int pd6729_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* poll Card status change */
-		setup_timer(&socket->poll_timer, pd6729_interrupt_wrapper,
-			    (unsigned long)socket);
+		timer_setup(&socket->poll_timer, pd6729_interrupt_wrapper, 0);
 		mod_timer(&socket->poll_timer, jiffies + HZ);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c b/drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c
index b6b316de055c..764650eb8897 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ static void soc_common_check_status(struct soc_pcmcia_socket *skt)
 }
 
 /* Let's poll for events in addition to IRQs since IRQ only is unreliable... */
-static void soc_common_pcmcia_poll_event(unsigned long dummy)
+static void soc_common_pcmcia_poll_event(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct soc_pcmcia_socket *skt = (struct soc_pcmcia_socket *)dummy;
+	struct soc_pcmcia_socket *skt = from_timer(skt, t, poll_timer);
 	debug(skt, 4, "polling for events\n");
 
 	mod_timer(&skt->poll_timer, jiffies + SOC_PCMCIA_POLL_PERIOD);
@@ -794,8 +794,7 @@ int soc_pcmcia_add_one(struct soc_pcmcia_socket *skt)
 
 	skt->cs_state = dead_socket;
 
-	setup_timer(&skt->poll_timer, soc_common_pcmcia_poll_event,
-		    (unsigned long)skt);
+	timer_setup(&skt->poll_timer, soc_common_pcmcia_poll_event, 0);
 	skt->poll_timer.expires = jiffies + SOC_PCMCIA_POLL_PERIOD;
 
 	ret = request_resource(&iomem_resource, &skt->res_skt);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c b/drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c
index a1ac72d51d70..1a0e3f098759 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module_param(cycle_time, int, 0444);
 /*====================================================================*/
 
 static irqreturn_t tcic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev);
-static void tcic_timer(u_long data);
+static void tcic_timer(struct timer_list *unused);
 static struct pccard_operations tcic_operations;
 
 struct tcic_socket {
@@ -435,9 +435,7 @@ static int __init init_tcic(void)
     }
     
     /* Set up polling */
-    poll_timer.function = &tcic_timer;
-    poll_timer.data = 0;
-    init_timer(&poll_timer);
+    timer_setup(&poll_timer, &tcic_timer, 0);
 
     /* Build interrupt mask */
     printk(KERN_CONT ", %d sockets\n", sockets);
@@ -583,7 +581,7 @@ static irqreturn_t tcic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
     return IRQ_HANDLED;
 } /* tcic_interrupt */
 
-static void tcic_timer(u_long data)
+static void tcic_timer(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
     pr_debug("tcic_timer()\n");
     tcic_timer_pending = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c b/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
index 5d6d9b1549bc..ab3da2262f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c
@@ -534,9 +534,9 @@ static irqreturn_t yenta_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void yenta_interrupt_wrapper(unsigned long data)
+static void yenta_interrupt_wrapper(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct yenta_socket *socket = (struct yenta_socket *) data;
+	struct yenta_socket *socket = from_timer(socket, t, poll_timer);
 
 	yenta_interrupt(0, (void *)socket);
 	socket->poll_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
@@ -1233,8 +1233,7 @@ static int yenta_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (!socket->cb_irq || request_irq(socket->cb_irq, yenta_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, "yenta", socket)) {
 		/* No IRQ or request_irq failed. Poll */
 		socket->cb_irq = 0; /* But zero is a valid IRQ number. */
-		setup_timer(&socket->poll_timer, yenta_interrupt_wrapper,
-			    (unsigned long)socket);
+		timer_setup(&socket->poll_timer, yenta_interrupt_wrapper, 0);
 		mod_timer(&socket->poll_timer, jiffies + HZ);
 		dev_info(&dev->dev,
 			 "no PCI IRQ, CardBus support disabled for this socket.\n");
diff --git a/drivers/ras/cec.c b/drivers/ras/cec.c
index adbf1a9e089e..ca44e6977cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/ras/cec.c
+++ b/drivers/ras/cec.c
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ static void cec_mod_timer(struct timer_list *t, unsigned long interval)
 	mod_timer(t, round_jiffies(iv));
 }
 
-static void cec_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+static void cec_timer_fn(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
-	struct ce_array *ca = (struct ce_array *)data;
-
-	do_spring_cleaning(ca);
+	do_spring_cleaning(&ce_arr);
 
 	cec_mod_timer(&cec_timer, timer_interval);
 }
@@ -510,7 +508,7 @@ void __init cec_init(void)
 	if (create_debugfs_nodes())
 		return;
 
-	setup_timer(&cec_timer, cec_timer_fn, (unsigned long)&ce_arr);
+	timer_setup(&cec_timer, cec_timer_fn, 0);
 	cec_mod_timer(&cec_timer, CEC_TIMER_DEFAULT_INTERVAL);
 
 	pr_info("Correctable Errors collector initialized.\n");
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index 2ed970d61da1..722d683e0b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ static struct rtc_device *rtc_allocate_device(void)
 
 	device_initialize(&rtc->dev);
 
+	/* Drivers can revise this default after allocating the device. */
+	rtc->set_offset_nsec =  NSEC_PER_SEC / 2;
+
 	rtc->irq_freq = 1;
 	rtc->max_user_freq = 64;
 	rtc->dev.class = rtc_class;
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/systohc.c b/drivers/rtc/systohc.c
index b4a68ffcd06b..0c177647ea6c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/systohc.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/systohc.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /**
  * rtc_set_ntp_time - Save NTP synchronized time to the RTC
  * @now: Current time of day
+ * @target_nsec: pointer for desired now->tv_nsec value
  *
  * Replacement for the NTP platform function update_persistent_clock64
  * that stores time for later retrieval by rtc_hctosys.
@@ -18,30 +19,52 @@
  * possible at all, and various other -errno for specific temporary failure
  * cases.
  *
+ * -EPROTO is returned if now.tv_nsec is not close enough to *target_nsec.
+ (
  * If temporary failure is indicated the caller should try again 'soon'
  */
-int rtc_set_ntp_time(struct timespec64 now)
+int rtc_set_ntp_time(struct timespec64 now, unsigned long *target_nsec)
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 	struct rtc_time tm;
+	struct timespec64 to_set;
 	int err = -ENODEV;
-
-	if (now.tv_nsec < (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1))
-		rtc_time64_to_tm(now.tv_sec, &tm);
-	else
-		rtc_time64_to_tm(now.tv_sec + 1, &tm);
+	bool ok;
 
 	rtc = rtc_class_open(CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE);
-	if (rtc) {
-		/* rtc_hctosys exclusively uses UTC, so we call set_time here,
-		 * not set_mmss. */
-		if (rtc->ops &&
-		    (rtc->ops->set_time ||
-		     rtc->ops->set_mmss64 ||
-		     rtc->ops->set_mmss))
-			err = rtc_set_time(rtc, &tm);
-		rtc_class_close(rtc);
+	if (!rtc)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if (!rtc->ops || (!rtc->ops->set_time && !rtc->ops->set_mmss64 &&
+			  !rtc->ops->set_mmss))
+		goto out_close;
+
+	/* Compute the value of tv_nsec we require the caller to supply in
+	 * now.tv_nsec.  This is the value such that (now +
+	 * set_offset_nsec).tv_nsec == 0.
+	 */
+	set_normalized_timespec64(&to_set, 0, -rtc->set_offset_nsec);
+	*target_nsec = to_set.tv_nsec;
+
+	/* The ntp code must call this with the correct value in tv_nsec, if
+	 * it does not we update target_nsec and return EPROTO to make the ntp
+	 * code try again later.
+	 */
+	ok = rtc_tv_nsec_ok(rtc->set_offset_nsec, &to_set, &now);
+	if (!ok) {
+		err = -EPROTO;
+		goto out_close;
 	}
 
+	rtc_time64_to_tm(to_set.tv_sec, &tm);
+
+	/* rtc_hctosys exclusively uses UTC, so we call set_time here, not
+	 * set_mmss.
+	 */
+	err = rtc_set_time(rtc, &tm);
+
+out_close:
+	rtc_class_close(rtc);
+out_err:
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape.h b/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
index 997b25f6e4cc..8bec5f9ea92c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct tape_request {
 	int options;			/* options for execution. */
 	int retries;			/* retry counter for error recovery. */
 	int rescnt;			/* residual count from devstat. */
+	struct timer_list timer;	/* timer for std_assign_timeout(). */
 
 	/* Callback for delivering final status. */
 	void (*callback)(struct tape_request *, void *);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
index 7caba0cc8b2a..1f5fab617b67 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@
  * tape_std_assign
  */
 static void
-tape_std_assign_timeout(unsigned long data)
+tape_std_assign_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct tape_request *	request;
-	struct tape_device *	device;
+	struct tape_request *	request = from_timer(request, t, timer);
+	struct tape_device *	device = request->device;
 	int rc;
 
-	request = (struct tape_request *) data;
-	device = request->device;
 	BUG_ON(!device);
 
 	DBF_EVENT(3, "%08x: Assignment timeout. Device busy.\n",
@@ -71,16 +69,12 @@ tape_std_assign(struct tape_device *device)
 	 * to another host (actually this shouldn't happen but it does).
 	 * So we set up a timeout for this call.
 	 */
-	init_timer_on_stack(&timeout);
-	timeout.function = tape_std_assign_timeout;
-	timeout.data     = (unsigned long) request;
-	timeout.expires  = jiffies + 2 * HZ;
-	add_timer(&timeout);
+	timer_setup(&request->timer, tape_std_assign_timeout, 0);
+	mod_timer(&timeout, jiffies + 2 * HZ);
 
 	rc = tape_do_io_interruptible(device, request);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&timeout);
-	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timeout);
+	del_timer_sync(&request->timer);
 
 	if (rc != 0) {
 		DBF_EVENT(3, "%08x: assign failed - device might be busy\n",
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
index 0bf7b7356f10..e131a03262ad 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
@@ -834,13 +834,13 @@ lcs_notify_lancmd_waiters(struct lcs_card *card, struct lcs_cmd *cmd)
  * Emit buffer of a lan command.
  */
 static void
-lcs_lancmd_timeout(unsigned long data)
+lcs_lancmd_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lcs_reply *reply, *list_reply, *r;
+	struct lcs_reply *reply = from_timer(reply, t, timer);
+	struct lcs_reply *list_reply, *r;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	LCS_DBF_TEXT(4, trace, "timeout");
-	reply = (struct lcs_reply *) data;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&reply->card->lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(list_reply, r,
 				 &reply->card->lancmd_waiters,list) {
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ lcs_send_lancmd(struct lcs_card *card, struct lcs_buffer *buffer,
 {
 	struct lcs_reply *reply;
 	struct lcs_cmd *cmd;
-	struct timer_list timer;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -885,14 +884,10 @@ lcs_send_lancmd(struct lcs_card *card, struct lcs_buffer *buffer,
 	rc = lcs_ready_buffer(&card->write, buffer);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-	init_timer_on_stack(&timer);
-	timer.function = lcs_lancmd_timeout;
-	timer.data = (unsigned long) reply;
-	timer.expires = jiffies + HZ*card->lancmd_timeout;
-	add_timer(&timer);
+	timer_setup(&reply->timer, lcs_lancmd_timeout, 0);
+	mod_timer(&reply->timer, jiffies + HZ * card->lancmd_timeout);
 	wait_event(reply->wait_q, reply->received);
-	del_timer_sync(&timer);
-	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&reply->timer);
 	LCS_DBF_TEXT_(4, trace, "rc:%d",reply->rc);
 	rc = reply->rc;
 	lcs_put_reply(reply);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
index f94d8f6dd7a8..fbc8b90b1f85 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct lcs_reply {
 	void (*callback)(struct lcs_card *, struct lcs_cmd *);
 	wait_queue_head_t wait_q;
 	struct lcs_card *card;
+	struct timer_list timer;
 	int received;
 	int rc;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h
index d47b527b25dd..31f2bb9d7146 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h
@@ -1046,8 +1046,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef uint8_t ahd_mode_state;
 
-typedef void ahd_callback_t (void *);
-
 struct ahd_completion
 {
 	uint16_t	tag;
@@ -1122,8 +1120,7 @@ struct ahd_softc {
 	/*
 	 * Timer handles for timer driven callbacks.
 	 */
-	ahd_timer_t		  reset_timer;
-	ahd_timer_t		  stat_timer;
+	struct timer_list	stat_timer;
 
 	/*
 	 * Statistics.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.c
index 95d8f25cbcca..b560f396ee99 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void		ahd_add_scb_to_free_list(struct ahd_softc *ahd,
 static u_int		ahd_rem_wscb(struct ahd_softc *ahd, u_int scbid,
 				     u_int prev, u_int next, u_int tid);
 static void		ahd_reset_current_bus(struct ahd_softc *ahd);
-static ahd_callback_t	ahd_stat_timer;
+static void		ahd_stat_timer(struct timer_list *t);
 #ifdef AHD_DUMP_SEQ
 static void		ahd_dumpseq(struct ahd_softc *ahd);
 #endif
@@ -6104,8 +6104,7 @@ ahd_alloc(void *platform_arg, char *name)
 	ahd->bugs = AHD_BUGNONE;
 	ahd->flags = AHD_SPCHK_ENB_A|AHD_RESET_BUS_A|AHD_TERM_ENB_A
 		   | AHD_EXTENDED_TRANS_A|AHD_STPWLEVEL_A;
-	ahd_timer_init(&ahd->reset_timer);
-	ahd_timer_init(&ahd->stat_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ahd->stat_timer, ahd_stat_timer, 0);
 	ahd->int_coalescing_timer = AHD_INT_COALESCING_TIMER_DEFAULT;
 	ahd->int_coalescing_maxcmds = AHD_INT_COALESCING_MAXCMDS_DEFAULT;
 	ahd->int_coalescing_mincmds = AHD_INT_COALESCING_MINCMDS_DEFAULT;
@@ -6235,8 +6234,7 @@ ahd_shutdown(void *arg)
 	/*
 	 * Stop periodic timer callbacks.
 	 */
-	ahd_timer_stop(&ahd->reset_timer);
-	ahd_timer_stop(&ahd->stat_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&ahd->stat_timer);
 
 	/* This will reset most registers to 0, but not all */
 	ahd_reset(ahd, /*reinit*/FALSE);
@@ -7039,20 +7037,11 @@ static const char *termstat_strings[] = {
 };
 
 /***************************** Timer Facilities *******************************/
-#define ahd_timer_init init_timer
-#define ahd_timer_stop del_timer_sync
-typedef void ahd_linux_callback_t (u_long);
-
 static void
-ahd_timer_reset(ahd_timer_t *timer, int usec, ahd_callback_t *func, void *arg)
+ahd_timer_reset(struct timer_list *timer, int usec)
 {
-	struct ahd_softc *ahd;
-
-	ahd = (struct ahd_softc *)arg;
 	del_timer(timer);
-	timer->data = (u_long)arg;
 	timer->expires = jiffies + (usec * HZ)/1000000;
-	timer->function = (ahd_linux_callback_t*)func;
 	add_timer(timer);
 }
 
@@ -7279,8 +7268,7 @@ ahd_init(struct ahd_softc *ahd)
 	}
 init_done:
 	ahd_restart(ahd);
-	ahd_timer_reset(&ahd->stat_timer, AHD_STAT_UPDATE_US,
-			ahd_stat_timer, ahd);
+	ahd_timer_reset(&ahd->stat_timer, AHD_STAT_UPDATE_US);
 	return (0);
 }
 
@@ -8878,9 +8866,9 @@ ahd_reset_channel(struct ahd_softc *ahd, char channel, int initiate_reset)
 
 /**************************** Statistics Processing ***************************/
 static void
-ahd_stat_timer(void *arg)
+ahd_stat_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct	ahd_softc *ahd = arg;
+	struct	ahd_softc *ahd = from_timer(ahd, t, stat_timer);
 	u_long	s;
 	int	enint_coal;
 	
@@ -8907,8 +8895,7 @@ ahd_stat_timer(void *arg)
 	ahd->cmdcmplt_bucket = (ahd->cmdcmplt_bucket+1) & (AHD_STAT_BUCKETS-1);
 	ahd->cmdcmplt_total -= ahd->cmdcmplt_counts[ahd->cmdcmplt_bucket];
 	ahd->cmdcmplt_counts[ahd->cmdcmplt_bucket] = 0;
-	ahd_timer_reset(&ahd->stat_timer, AHD_STAT_UPDATE_US,
-			ahd_stat_timer, ahd);
+	ahd_timer_reset(&ahd->stat_timer, AHD_STAT_UPDATE_US);
 	ahd_unlock(ahd, &s);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h
index 728193a42e6e..8a8b7ae7aed3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ int	ahd_dmamap_unload(struct ahd_softc *, bus_dma_tag_t, bus_dmamap_t);
  */
 #define ahd_dmamap_sync(ahd, dma_tag, dmamap, offset, len, op)
 
-/************************** Timer DataStructures ******************************/
-typedef struct timer_list ahd_timer_t;
-
 /********************************** Includes **********************************/
 #ifdef CONFIG_AIC79XX_REG_PRETTY_PRINT
 #define AIC_DEBUG_REGISTERS 1
@@ -214,10 +211,6 @@ typedef struct timer_list ahd_timer_t;
 #endif
 #include "aic79xx.h"
 
-/***************************** Timer Facilities *******************************/
-#define ahd_timer_init init_timer
-#define ahd_timer_stop del_timer_sync
-
 /***************************** SMP support ************************************/
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.c
index f2671a8fa7e3..7cbc7213b2b2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.c
@@ -1178,8 +1178,7 @@ static void asd_start_scb_timers(struct list_head *list)
 	struct asd_ascb *ascb;
 	list_for_each_entry(ascb, list, list) {
 		if (!ascb->uldd_timer) {
-			ascb->timer.data = (unsigned long) ascb;
-			ascb->timer.function = asd_ascb_timedout;
+			ascb->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)asd_ascb_timedout;
 			ascb->timer.expires = jiffies + AIC94XX_SCB_TIMEOUT;
 			add_timer(&ascb->timer);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.h b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.h
index 8c1c28239e93..8f147e720cfd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_hwi.h
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ static inline void asd_init_ascb(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ascb->list);
 	ascb->scb = ascb->dma_scb.vaddr;
 	ascb->ha = asd_ha;
-	ascb->timer.function = NULL;
-	init_timer(&ascb->timer);
+	timer_setup(&ascb->timer, NULL, 0);
 	ascb->tc_index = -1;
 }
 
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ void asd_control_led(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha, int phy_id, int op);
 void asd_turn_led(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha, int phy_id, int op);
 int  asd_enable_phys(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha, const u8 phy_mask);
 
-void asd_ascb_timedout(unsigned long data);
+void asd_ascb_timedout(struct timer_list *t);
 int  asd_chip_hardrst(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_scb.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_scb.c
index fdac7c2fef37..22873ce8bbfa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_scb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_scb.c
@@ -866,12 +866,12 @@ void asd_build_initiate_link_adm_task(struct asd_ascb *ascb, int phy_id,
  * Upper layers can implement their own timeout function, say to free
  * resources they have with this SCB, and then call this one at the
  * end of their timeout function.  To do this, one should initialize
- * the ascb->timer.{function, data, expires} prior to calling the post
+ * the ascb->timer.{function, expires} prior to calling the post
  * function. The timer is started by the post function.
  */
-void asd_ascb_timedout(unsigned long data)
+void asd_ascb_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct asd_ascb *ascb = (void *) data;
+	struct asd_ascb *ascb = from_timer(ascb, t, timer);
 	struct asd_seq_data *seq = &ascb->ha->seq;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_tmf.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_tmf.c
index d4c35df3d4ae..4637119c09d8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_tmf.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_tmf.c
@@ -35,15 +35,14 @@
 static int asd_enqueue_internal(struct asd_ascb *ascb,
 		void (*tasklet_complete)(struct asd_ascb *,
 					 struct done_list_struct *),
-				void (*timed_out)(unsigned long))
+				void (*timed_out)(struct timer_list *t))
 {
 	int res;
 
 	ascb->tasklet_complete = tasklet_complete;
 	ascb->uldd_timer = 1;
 
-	ascb->timer.data = (unsigned long) ascb;
-	ascb->timer.function = timed_out;
+	ascb->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)timed_out;
 	ascb->timer.expires = jiffies + AIC94XX_SCB_TIMEOUT;
 
 	add_timer(&ascb->timer);
@@ -87,9 +86,9 @@ static void asd_clear_nexus_tasklet_complete(struct asd_ascb *ascb,
 	asd_ascb_free(ascb);
 }
 
-static void asd_clear_nexus_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void asd_clear_nexus_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct asd_ascb *ascb = (void *)data;
+	struct asd_ascb *ascb = from_timer(ascb, t, timer);
 	struct tasklet_completion_status *tcs = ascb->uldd_task;
 
 	ASD_DPRINTK("%s: here\n", __func__);
@@ -261,9 +260,9 @@ static int asd_clear_nexus_index(struct sas_task *task)
 
 /* ---------- TMFs ---------- */
 
-static void asd_tmf_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void asd_tmf_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct asd_ascb *ascb = (void *) data;
+	struct asd_ascb *ascb = from_timer(ascb, t, timer);
 	struct tasklet_completion_status *tcs = ascb->uldd_task;
 
 	ASD_DPRINTK("tmf timed out\n");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index b4542e7e2ad5..d8bd6f2c9c83 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -5230,12 +5230,11 @@ static void beiscsi_eqd_update_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			      msecs_to_jiffies(BEISCSI_EQD_UPDATE_INTERVAL));
 }
 
-static void beiscsi_hw_tpe_check(unsigned long ptr)
+static void beiscsi_hw_tpe_check(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct beiscsi_hba *phba;
+	struct beiscsi_hba *phba = from_timer(phba, t, hw_check);
 	u32 wait;
 
-	phba = (struct beiscsi_hba *)ptr;
 	/* if not TPE, do nothing */
 	if (!beiscsi_detect_tpe(phba))
 		return;
@@ -5248,11 +5247,10 @@ static void beiscsi_hw_tpe_check(unsigned long ptr)
 			   msecs_to_jiffies(wait));
 }
 
-static void beiscsi_hw_health_check(unsigned long ptr)
+static void beiscsi_hw_health_check(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct beiscsi_hba *phba;
+	struct beiscsi_hba *phba = from_timer(phba, t, hw_check);
 
-	phba = (struct beiscsi_hba *)ptr;
 	beiscsi_detect_ue(phba);
 	if (beiscsi_detect_ue(phba)) {
 		__beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_ERR,
@@ -5264,7 +5262,7 @@ static void beiscsi_hw_health_check(unsigned long ptr)
 		if (!test_bit(BEISCSI_HBA_UER_SUPP, &phba->state))
 			return;
 		/* modify this timer to check TPE */
-		phba->hw_check.function = beiscsi_hw_tpe_check;
+		phba->hw_check.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)beiscsi_hw_tpe_check;
 	}
 
 	mod_timer(&phba->hw_check,
@@ -5351,7 +5349,7 @@ static int beiscsi_enable_port(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
 	 * Timer function gets modified for TPE detection.
 	 * Always reinit to do health check first.
 	 */
-	phba->hw_check.function = beiscsi_hw_health_check;
+	phba->hw_check.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)beiscsi_hw_health_check;
 	mod_timer(&phba->hw_check,
 		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(BEISCSI_UE_DETECT_INTERVAL));
 	return 0;
@@ -5708,9 +5706,7 @@ static int beiscsi_dev_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
 	 * Start UE detection here. UE before this will cause stall in probe
 	 * and eventually fail the probe.
 	 */
-	init_timer(&phba->hw_check);
-	phba->hw_check.function = beiscsi_hw_health_check;
-	phba->hw_check.data = (unsigned long)phba;
+	timer_setup(&phba->hw_check, beiscsi_hw_health_check, 0);
 	mod_timer(&phba->hw_check,
 		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(BEISCSI_UE_DETECT_INTERVAL));
 	beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
index 6844ba361616..e6b9de7d41ac 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int bnx2fc_net_config(struct fc_lport *lport, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&port->fcoe_pending_queue);
 	port->fcoe_pending_queue_active = 0;
-	setup_timer(&port->timer, fcoe_queue_timer, (unsigned long) lport);
+	timer_setup(&port->timer, fcoe_queue_timer, 0);
 
 	fcoe_link_speed_update(lport);
 
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ static int bnx2fc_net_config(struct fc_lport *lport, struct net_device *netdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void bnx2fc_destroy_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void bnx2fc_destroy_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct bnx2fc_hba *hba = (struct bnx2fc_hba *)data;
+	struct bnx2fc_hba *hba = from_timer(hba, t, destroy_timer);
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR PFX "ERROR:bnx2fc_destroy_timer - "
 	       "Destroy compl not received!!\n");
@@ -1946,11 +1946,10 @@ static void bnx2fc_fw_destroy(struct bnx2fc_hba *hba)
 {
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(BNX2FC_FLAG_FW_INIT_DONE, &hba->flags)) {
 		if (bnx2fc_send_fw_fcoe_destroy_msg(hba) == 0) {
-			init_timer(&hba->destroy_timer);
+			timer_setup(&hba->destroy_timer, bnx2fc_destroy_timer,
+				    0);
 			hba->destroy_timer.expires = BNX2FC_FW_TIMEOUT +
 								jiffies;
-			hba->destroy_timer.function = bnx2fc_destroy_timer;
-			hba->destroy_timer.data = (unsigned long)hba;
 			add_timer(&hba->destroy_timer);
 			wait_event_interruptible(hba->destroy_wait,
 					test_bit(BNX2FC_FLAG_DESTROY_CMPL,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
index 89ef1a1678d1..663a63d4dae4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ extern int bnx2i_alloc_qp_resc(struct bnx2i_hba *hba,
 			       struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep);
 extern void bnx2i_free_qp_resc(struct bnx2i_hba *hba,
 			       struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep);
-extern void bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer(unsigned long data);
+extern void bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer(struct timer_list *t);
 extern struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_find_ep_in_ofld_list(
 		struct bnx2i_hba *hba, u32 iscsi_cid);
 extern struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_find_ep_in_destroy_list(
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
index 42921dbba927..61a93994d5ed 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
@@ -698,9 +698,9 @@ void bnx2i_update_iscsi_conn(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
  *
  * routine to handle connection offload/destroy request timeout
  */
-void bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer(unsigned long data)
+void bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep = (struct bnx2i_endpoint *) data;
+	struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep = from_timer(ep, t, ofld_timer);
 
 	if (ep->state == EP_STATE_OFLD_START) {
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "ofld_timer: CONN_OFLD timeout\n");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index 03c104b47f31..de0a507577ef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -1611,9 +1611,8 @@ static int bnx2i_conn_start(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn)
 	 * this should normally not sleep for a long time so it should
 	 * not disrupt the caller.
 	 */
+	timer_setup(&bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_timer, bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer, 0);
 	bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_timer.expires = 1 * HZ + jiffies;
-	bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_timer.function = bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer;
-	bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_timer.data = (unsigned long) bnx2i_conn->ep;
 	add_timer(&bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_timer);
 	/* update iSCSI context for this conn, wait for CNIC to complete */
 	wait_event_interruptible(bnx2i_conn->ep->ofld_wait,
@@ -1729,10 +1728,8 @@ static int bnx2i_tear_down_conn(struct bnx2i_hba *hba,
 	}
 
 	ep->state = EP_STATE_CLEANUP_START;
-	init_timer(&ep->ofld_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ep->ofld_timer, bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer, 0);
 	ep->ofld_timer.expires = hba->conn_ctx_destroy_tmo + jiffies;
-	ep->ofld_timer.function = bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer;
-	ep->ofld_timer.data = (unsigned long) ep;
 	add_timer(&ep->ofld_timer);
 
 	bnx2i_ep_destroy_list_add(hba, ep);
@@ -1835,10 +1832,8 @@ static struct iscsi_endpoint *bnx2i_ep_connect(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	bnx2i_ep->state = EP_STATE_OFLD_START;
 	bnx2i_ep_ofld_list_add(hba, bnx2i_ep);
 
-	init_timer(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer);
+	timer_setup(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer, bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer, 0);
 	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.expires = 2 * HZ + jiffies;
-	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.function = bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer;
-	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.data = (unsigned long) bnx2i_ep;
 	add_timer(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer);
 
 	if (bnx2i_send_conn_ofld_req(hba, bnx2i_ep)) {
@@ -2054,10 +2049,8 @@ int bnx2i_hw_ep_disconnect(struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_ep)
 		session = conn->session;
 	}
 
-	init_timer(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer);
+	timer_setup(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer, bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer, 0);
 	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.expires = hba->conn_teardown_tmo + jiffies;
-	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.function = bnx2i_ep_ofld_timer;
-	bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer.data = (unsigned long) bnx2i_ep;
 	add_timer(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_timer);
 
 	if (!test_bit(BNX2I_CNIC_REGISTERED, &hba->reg_with_cnic))
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
index 5be0086142ca..0bd1131b6cc9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
@@ -3347,9 +3347,10 @@ csio_mberr_worker(void *data)
  *
  **/
 static void
-csio_hw_mb_timer(uintptr_t data)
+csio_hw_mb_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct csio_hw *hw = (struct csio_hw *)data;
+	struct csio_mbm *mbm = from_timer(mbm, t, timer);
+	struct csio_hw *hw = mbm->hw;
 	struct csio_mb *mbp = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&hw->lock);
@@ -3715,9 +3716,9 @@ csio_mgmt_req_lookup(struct csio_mgmtm *mgmtm, struct csio_ioreq *io_req)
  * Return - none.
  */
 static void
-csio_mgmt_tmo_handler(uintptr_t data)
+csio_mgmt_tmo_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct csio_mgmtm *mgmtm = (struct csio_mgmtm *) data;
+	struct csio_mgmtm *mgmtm = from_timer(mgmtm, t, mgmt_timer);
 	struct list_head *tmp;
 	struct csio_ioreq *io_req;
 
@@ -3797,11 +3798,7 @@ csio_mgmtm_cleanup(struct csio_mgmtm *mgmtm)
 static int
 csio_mgmtm_init(struct csio_mgmtm *mgmtm, struct csio_hw *hw)
 {
-	struct timer_list *timer = &mgmtm->mgmt_timer;
-
-	init_timer(timer);
-	timer->function = csio_mgmt_tmo_handler;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)mgmtm;
+	timer_setup(&mgmtm->mgmt_timer, csio_mgmt_tmo_handler, 0);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mgmtm->active_q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mgmtm->cbfn_q);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c
index 9451787ca7f2..abcedfbcecda 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.c
@@ -1644,13 +1644,10 @@ csio_mb_cancel_all(struct csio_hw *hw, struct list_head *cbfn_q)
  */
 int
 csio_mbm_init(struct csio_mbm *mbm, struct csio_hw *hw,
-	      void (*timer_fn)(uintptr_t))
+	      void (*timer_fn)(struct timer_list *))
 {
-	struct timer_list *timer = &mbm->timer;
-
-	init_timer(timer);
-	timer->function = timer_fn;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)hw;
+	mbm->hw = hw;
+	timer_setup(&mbm->timer, timer_fn, 0);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mbm->req_q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mbm->cbfn_q);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.h b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.h
index 1bc82d0bc260..a6823df73015 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_mb.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct csio_mbm {
 	uint32_t		a_mbox;			/* Async mbox num */
 	uint32_t		intr_idx;		/* Interrupt index */
 	struct timer_list	timer;			/* Mbox timer */
+	struct csio_hw		*hw;			/* Hardware pointer */
 	struct list_head	req_q;			/* Mbox request queue */
 	struct list_head	cbfn_q;			/* Mbox completion q */
 	struct csio_mb		*mcurrent;		/* Current mailbox */
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ void csio_mb_process_portparams_rsp(struct csio_hw *hw, struct csio_mb *mbp,
 
 /* MB module functions */
 int csio_mbm_init(struct csio_mbm *, struct csio_hw *,
-			    void (*)(uintptr_t));
+			    void (*)(struct timer_list *));
 void csio_mbm_exit(struct csio_mbm *);
 void csio_mb_intr_enable(struct csio_hw *);
 void csio_mb_intr_disable(struct csio_hw *);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb3i/cxgb3i.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb3i/cxgb3i.c
index 7b09e7ddf35e..babd79361a46 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb3i/cxgb3i.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb3i/cxgb3i.c
@@ -545,10 +545,10 @@ static int act_open_rpl_status_to_errno(int status)
 	}
 }
 
-static void act_open_retry_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void act_open_retry_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct cxgbi_sock *csk = from_timer(csk, t, retry_timer);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct cxgbi_sock *csk = (struct cxgbi_sock *)data;
 
 	log_debug(1 << CXGBI_DBG_TOE | 1 << CXGBI_DBG_SOCK,
 		"csk 0x%p,%u,0x%lx,%u.\n",
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ static int do_act_open_rpl(struct t3cdev *tdev, struct sk_buff *skb, void *ctx)
 	cxgbi_sock_get(csk);
 	spin_lock_bh(&csk->lock);
 	if (rpl->status == CPL_ERR_CONN_EXIST &&
-	    csk->retry_timer.function != act_open_retry_timer) {
-		csk->retry_timer.function = act_open_retry_timer;
+	    csk->retry_timer.function != (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)act_open_retry_timer) {
+		csk->retry_timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)act_open_retry_timer;
 		mod_timer(&csk->retry_timer, jiffies + HZ / 2);
 	} else
 		cxgbi_sock_fail_act_open(csk,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
index 1d02cf9fe06c..1bef2724eb78 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
@@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ static int act_open_rpl_status_to_errno(int status)
 	}
 }
 
-static void csk_act_open_retry_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void csk_act_open_retry_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
-	struct cxgbi_sock *csk = (struct cxgbi_sock *)data;
+	struct cxgbi_sock *csk = from_timer(csk, t, retry_timer);
 	struct cxgb4_lld_info *lldi = cxgbi_cdev_priv(csk->cdev);
 	void (*send_act_open_func)(struct cxgbi_sock *, struct sk_buff *,
 				   struct l2t_entry *);
@@ -963,8 +963,8 @@ static void do_act_open_rpl(struct cxgbi_device *cdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	spin_lock_bh(&csk->lock);
 
 	if (status == CPL_ERR_CONN_EXIST &&
-	    csk->retry_timer.function != csk_act_open_retry_timer) {
-		csk->retry_timer.function = csk_act_open_retry_timer;
+	    csk->retry_timer.function != (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)csk_act_open_retry_timer) {
+		csk->retry_timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)csk_act_open_retry_timer;
 		mod_timer(&csk->retry_timer, jiffies + HZ / 2);
 	} else
 		cxgbi_sock_fail_act_open(csk,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
index 512c8f1ea5b0..a61a152136a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static struct cxgbi_sock *cxgbi_sock_create(struct cxgbi_device *cdev)
 	kref_init(&csk->refcnt);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&csk->receive_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&csk->write_queue);
-	setup_timer(&csk->retry_timer, NULL, (unsigned long)csk);
+	timer_setup(&csk->retry_timer, NULL, 0);
 	rwlock_init(&csk->callback_lock);
 	csk->cdev = cdev;
 	csk->flags = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
index 5ee7f44cf869..60ef8df42b95 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static void request_sense(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb, struct DeviceCtlBlk *dcb,
 		struct ScsiReqBlk *srb);
 static void set_xfer_rate(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb,
 		struct DeviceCtlBlk *dcb);
-static void waiting_timeout(unsigned long ptr);
+static void waiting_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -857,9 +857,6 @@ static void waiting_set_timer(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb, unsigned long to)
 {
 	if (timer_pending(&acb->waiting_timer))
 		return;
-	init_timer(&acb->waiting_timer);
-	acb->waiting_timer.function = waiting_timeout;
-	acb->waiting_timer.data = (unsigned long) acb;
 	if (time_before(jiffies + to, acb->last_reset - HZ / 2))
 		acb->waiting_timer.expires =
 		    acb->last_reset - HZ / 2 + 1;
@@ -936,10 +933,10 @@ static void waiting_process_next(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb)
 
 
 /* Wake up waiting queue */
-static void waiting_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+static void waiting_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb = (struct AdapterCtlBlk *)ptr;
+	struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb = from_timer(acb, t, waiting_timer);
 	dprintkdbg(DBG_1,
 		"waiting_timeout: Queue woken up by timer. acb=%p\n", acb);
 	DC395x_LOCK_IO(acb->scsi_host, flags);
@@ -4366,8 +4363,8 @@ static void adapter_init_params(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&acb->srb_free_list);
 	/*  temp SRB for Q tag used or abort command used  */
 	acb->tmp_srb = &acb->srb;
-	init_timer(&acb->waiting_timer);
-	init_timer(&acb->selto_timer);
+	timer_setup(&acb->waiting_timer, waiting_timeout, 0);
+	timer_setup(&acb->selto_timer, NULL, 0);
 
 	acb->srb_count = DC395x_MAX_SRB_CNT;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index 85f9a3eba387..5cc09dce4d25 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int fcoe_netdev_config(struct fc_lport *lport, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&port->fcoe_pending_queue);
 	port->fcoe_pending_queue_active = 0;
-	setup_timer(&port->timer, fcoe_queue_timer, (unsigned long)lport);
+	timer_setup(&port->timer, fcoe_queue_timer, 0);
 
 	fcoe_link_speed_update(lport);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
index 375c536cbc68..1ba5f51713a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_transport.c
@@ -455,9 +455,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fcoe_check_wait_queue);
  *
  * Calls fcoe_check_wait_queue on timeout
  */
-void fcoe_queue_timer(ulong lport)
+void fcoe_queue_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	fcoe_check_wait_queue((struct fc_lport *)lport, NULL);
+	struct fcoe_port *port = from_timer(port, t, timer);
+
+	fcoe_check_wait_queue(port->lport, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fcoe_queue_timer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
index a4473356a9dc..c35f05c4c6bb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
@@ -3705,7 +3705,7 @@ static void gdth_log_event(gdth_evt_data *dvr, char *buffer)
 #ifdef GDTH_STATISTICS
 static u8	gdth_timer_running;
 
-static void gdth_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void gdth_timeout(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
     u32 i;
     Scsi_Cmnd *nscp;
@@ -3743,8 +3743,6 @@ static void gdth_timer_init(void)
 	gdth_timer_running = 1;
 	TRACE2(("gdth_detect(): Initializing timer !\n"));
 	gdth_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
-	gdth_timer.data = 0L;
-	gdth_timer.function = gdth_timeout;
 	add_timer(&gdth_timer);
 }
 #else
@@ -5165,7 +5163,7 @@ static int __init gdth_init(void)
 	/* initializations */
 	gdth_polling = TRUE;
 	gdth_clear_events();
-	init_timer(&gdth_timer);
+	timer_setup(&gdth_timer, gdth_timeout, 0);
 
 	/* As default we do not probe for EISA or ISA controllers */
 	if (probe_eisa_isa) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas.h b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas.h
index 07f4a4cfbec1..15692ea05ced 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ struct hisi_sas_phy {
 	struct hisi_sas_port	*port;
 	struct asd_sas_phy	sas_phy;
 	struct sas_identify	identify;
-	struct timer_list	timer;
 	struct work_struct	phyup_ws;
 	u64		port_id; /* from hw */
 	u64		dev_sas_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
index 16664f2e15fb..37c838be4757 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
@@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ static void hisi_sas_phy_init(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba, int phy_no)
 
 	phy->hisi_hba = hisi_hba;
 	phy->port = NULL;
-	init_timer(&phy->timer);
 	sas_phy->enabled = (phy_no < hisi_hba->n_phy) ? 1 : 0;
 	sas_phy->class = SAS;
 	sas_phy->iproto = SAS_PROTOCOL_ALL;
@@ -792,9 +791,10 @@ static void hisi_sas_task_done(struct sas_task *task)
 	complete(&task->slow_task->completion);
 }
 
-static void hisi_sas_tmf_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void hisi_sas_tmf_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sas_task *task = (struct sas_task *)data;
+	struct sas_task_slow *slow = from_timer(slow, t, timer);
+	struct sas_task *task = slow->task;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
@@ -833,8 +833,7 @@ static int hisi_sas_exec_internal_tmf_task(struct domain_device *device,
 		}
 		task->task_done = hisi_sas_task_done;
 
-		task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long) task;
-		task->slow_task->timer.function = hisi_sas_tmf_timedout;
+		task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)hisi_sas_tmf_timedout;
 		task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + TASK_TIMEOUT*HZ;
 		add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
@@ -1447,8 +1446,7 @@ hisi_sas_internal_task_abort(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba,
 	task->dev = device;
 	task->task_proto = device->tproto;
 	task->task_done = hisi_sas_task_done;
-	task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long)task;
-	task->slow_task->timer.function = hisi_sas_tmf_timedout;
+	task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)hisi_sas_tmf_timedout;
 	task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(110);
 	add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
@@ -1877,7 +1875,7 @@ static struct Scsi_Host *hisi_sas_shost_alloc(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	hisi_hba->shost = shost;
 	SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost) = &hisi_hba->sha;
 
-	init_timer(&hisi_hba->timer);
+	timer_setup(&hisi_hba->timer, NULL, 0);
 
 	if (hisi_sas_get_fw_info(hisi_hba) < 0)
 		goto err_out;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v1_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v1_hw.c
index 08eca20b0b81..9385554e43a6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v1_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v1_hw.c
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@ static void phy_hard_reset_v1_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba, int phy_no)
 	start_phy_v1_hw(hisi_hba, phy_no);
 }
 
-static void start_phys_v1_hw(unsigned long data)
+static void start_phys_v1_hw(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = (struct hisi_hba *)data;
+	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = from_timer(hisi_hba, t, timer);
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hisi_hba->n_phy; i++) {
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static void phys_init_v1_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba)
 		hisi_sas_phy_read32(hisi_hba, i, CHL_INT2_MSK);
 	}
 
-	setup_timer(timer, start_phys_v1_hw, (unsigned long)hisi_hba);
+	timer_setup(timer, start_phys_v1_hw, 0);
 	mod_timer(timer, jiffies + HZ);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v2_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v2_hw.c
index 779af979b6db..b1f097dabd01 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v2_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v2_hw.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ enum {
 #define ERR_ON_RX_PHASE(err_phase) (err_phase == 0x10 || \
 		err_phase == 0x20 || err_phase == 0x40)
 
-static void link_timeout_disable_link(unsigned long data);
+static void link_timeout_disable_link(struct timer_list *t);
 
 static u32 hisi_sas_read32(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba, u32 off)
 {
@@ -1270,9 +1270,9 @@ static void init_reg_v2_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba)
 			 upper_32_bits(hisi_hba->initial_fis_dma));
 }
 
-static void link_timeout_enable_link(unsigned long data)
+static void link_timeout_enable_link(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = (struct hisi_hba *)data;
+	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = from_timer(hisi_hba, t, timer);
 	int i, reg_val;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hisi_hba->n_phy; i++) {
@@ -1287,13 +1287,13 @@ static void link_timeout_enable_link(unsigned long data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	hisi_hba->timer.function = link_timeout_disable_link;
+	hisi_hba->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)link_timeout_disable_link;
 	mod_timer(&hisi_hba->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(900));
 }
 
-static void link_timeout_disable_link(unsigned long data)
+static void link_timeout_disable_link(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = (struct hisi_hba *)data;
+	struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba = from_timer(hisi_hba, t, timer);
 	int i, reg_val;
 
 	reg_val = hisi_sas_read32(hisi_hba, PHY_STATE);
@@ -1308,14 +1308,13 @@ static void link_timeout_disable_link(unsigned long data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	hisi_hba->timer.function = link_timeout_enable_link;
+	hisi_hba->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)link_timeout_enable_link;
 	mod_timer(&hisi_hba->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100));
 }
 
 static void set_link_timer_quirk(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba)
 {
-	hisi_hba->timer.data = (unsigned long)hisi_hba;
-	hisi_hba->timer.function = link_timeout_disable_link;
+	hisi_hba->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)link_timeout_disable_link;
 	hisi_hba->timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 	add_timer(&hisi_hba->timer);
 }
@@ -2574,9 +2573,9 @@ static int prep_ata_v2_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void hisi_sas_internal_abort_quirk_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void hisi_sas_internal_abort_quirk_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct hisi_sas_slot *slot = (struct hisi_sas_slot *)data;
+	struct hisi_sas_slot *slot = from_timer(slot, t, internal_abort_timer);
 	struct hisi_sas_port *port = slot->port;
 	struct asd_sas_port *asd_sas_port;
 	struct asd_sas_phy *sas_phy;
@@ -2619,8 +2618,7 @@ static int prep_abort_v2_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba,
 	struct timer_list *timer = &slot->internal_abort_timer;
 
 	/* setup the quirk timer */
-	setup_timer(timer, hisi_sas_internal_abort_quirk_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)slot);
+	timer_setup(timer, hisi_sas_internal_abort_quirk_timeout, 0);
 	/* Set the timeout to 10ms less than internal abort timeout */
 	mod_timer(timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100));
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
index 2e5fa9717be8..3f2f0baf2a5e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ hisi_sas_shost_alloc_pci(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	hisi_hba->shost = shost;
 	SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost) = &hisi_hba->sha;
 
-	init_timer(&hisi_hba->timer);
+	timer_setup(&hisi_hba->timer, NULL, 0);
 
 	if (hisi_sas_get_fw_info(hisi_hba) < 0)
 		goto err_out;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index b491af31a5f8..0d2f7eb3acb6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -1393,8 +1393,9 @@ static int ibmvfc_map_sg_data(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd,
  *
  * Called when an internally generated command times out
  **/
-static void ibmvfc_timeout(struct ibmvfc_event *evt)
+static void ibmvfc_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ibmvfc_event *evt = from_timer(evt, t, timer);
 	struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = evt->vhost;
 	dev_err(vhost->dev, "Command timed out (%p). Resetting connection\n", evt);
 	ibmvfc_reset_host(vhost);
@@ -1424,12 +1425,10 @@ static int ibmvfc_send_event(struct ibmvfc_event *evt,
 		BUG();
 
 	list_add_tail(&evt->queue, &vhost->sent);
-	init_timer(&evt->timer);
+	timer_setup(&evt->timer, ibmvfc_timeout, 0);
 
 	if (timeout) {
-		evt->timer.data = (unsigned long) evt;
 		evt->timer.expires = jiffies + (timeout * HZ);
-		evt->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ibmvfc_timeout;
 		add_timer(&evt->timer);
 	}
 
@@ -3692,8 +3691,9 @@ static void ibmvfc_tgt_adisc_cancel_done(struct ibmvfc_event *evt)
  * out, reset the CRQ. When the ADISC comes back as cancelled,
  * log back into the target.
  **/
-static void ibmvfc_adisc_timeout(struct ibmvfc_target *tgt)
+static void ibmvfc_adisc_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ibmvfc_target *tgt = from_timer(tgt, t, timer);
 	struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = tgt->vhost;
 	struct ibmvfc_event *evt;
 	struct ibmvfc_tmf *tmf;
@@ -3778,9 +3778,7 @@ static void ibmvfc_tgt_adisc(struct ibmvfc_target *tgt)
 	if (timer_pending(&tgt->timer))
 		mod_timer(&tgt->timer, jiffies + (IBMVFC_ADISC_TIMEOUT * HZ));
 	else {
-		tgt->timer.data = (unsigned long) tgt;
 		tgt->timer.expires = jiffies + (IBMVFC_ADISC_TIMEOUT * HZ);
-		tgt->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ibmvfc_adisc_timeout;
 		add_timer(&tgt->timer);
 	}
 
@@ -3912,7 +3910,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_alloc_target(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost, u64 scsi_id)
 	tgt->vhost = vhost;
 	tgt->need_login = 1;
 	tgt->cancel_key = vhost->task_set++;
-	init_timer(&tgt->timer);
+	timer_setup(&tgt->timer, ibmvfc_adisc_timeout, 0);
 	kref_init(&tgt->kref);
 	ibmvfc_init_tgt(tgt, ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 7d156b161482..17df76f0be3c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -837,8 +837,9 @@ static void ibmvscsi_reset_host(struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata)
  *
  * Called when an internally generated command times out
 */
-static void ibmvscsi_timeout(struct srp_event_struct *evt_struct)
+static void ibmvscsi_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct srp_event_struct *evt_struct = from_timer(evt_struct, t, timer);
 	struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata = evt_struct->hostdata;
 
 	dev_err(hostdata->dev, "Command timed out (%x). Resetting connection\n",
@@ -927,11 +928,9 @@ static int ibmvscsi_send_srp_event(struct srp_event_struct *evt_struct,
 	 */
 	list_add_tail(&evt_struct->list, &hostdata->sent);
 
-	init_timer(&evt_struct->timer);
+	timer_setup(&evt_struct->timer, ibmvscsi_timeout, 0);
 	if (timeout) {
-		evt_struct->timer.data = (unsigned long) evt_struct;
 		evt_struct->timer.expires = jiffies + (timeout * HZ);
-		evt_struct->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ibmvscsi_timeout;
 		add_timer(&evt_struct->timer);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
index f838bd73befa..d53429371127 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static void ipr_init_ipr_cmnd(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd,
 	ipr_cmd->sibling = NULL;
 	ipr_cmd->eh_comp = NULL;
 	ipr_cmd->fast_done = fast_done;
-	init_timer(&ipr_cmd->timer);
+	timer_setup(&ipr_cmd->timer, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -990,15 +990,14 @@ static void ipr_send_command(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
  **/
 static void ipr_do_req(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd,
 		       void (*done) (struct ipr_cmnd *),
-		       void (*timeout_func) (struct ipr_cmnd *), u32 timeout)
+		       void (*timeout_func) (struct timer_list *), u32 timeout)
 {
 	list_add_tail(&ipr_cmd->queue, &ipr_cmd->hrrq->hrrq_pending_q);
 
 	ipr_cmd->done = done;
 
-	ipr_cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long) ipr_cmd;
 	ipr_cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
-	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))timeout_func;
+	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)timeout_func;
 
 	add_timer(&ipr_cmd->timer);
 
@@ -1080,7 +1079,7 @@ static void ipr_init_ioadl(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
  * 	none
  **/
 static void ipr_send_blocking_cmd(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd,
-				  void (*timeout_func) (struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd),
+				  void (*timeout_func) (struct timer_list *),
 				  u32 timeout)
 {
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg = ipr_cmd->ioa_cfg;
@@ -2664,8 +2663,9 @@ static void ipr_process_error(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
  * Return value:
  * 	none
  **/
-static void ipr_timeout(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
+static void ipr_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd = from_timer(ipr_cmd, t, timer);
 	unsigned long lock_flags = 0;
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg = ipr_cmd->ioa_cfg;
 
@@ -2696,8 +2696,9 @@ static void ipr_timeout(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
  * Return value:
  * 	none
  **/
-static void ipr_oper_timeout(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
+static void ipr_oper_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd = from_timer(ipr_cmd, t, timer);
 	unsigned long lock_flags = 0;
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg = ipr_cmd->ioa_cfg;
 
@@ -5449,8 +5450,9 @@ static void ipr_bus_reset_done(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
  * Return value:
  *	none
  **/
-static void ipr_abort_timeout(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
+static void ipr_abort_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd = from_timer(ipr_cmd, t, timer);
 	struct ipr_cmnd *reset_cmd;
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg = ipr_cmd->ioa_cfg;
 	struct ipr_cmd_pkt *cmd_pkt;
@@ -8271,8 +8273,9 @@ static int ipr_ioafp_identify_hrrq(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
  * Return value:
  * 	none
  **/
-static void ipr_reset_timer_done(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
+static void ipr_reset_timer_done(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd = from_timer(ipr_cmd, t, timer);
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg = ipr_cmd->ioa_cfg;
 	unsigned long lock_flags = 0;
 
@@ -8308,9 +8311,8 @@ static void ipr_reset_start_timer(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd,
 	list_add_tail(&ipr_cmd->queue, &ipr_cmd->hrrq->hrrq_pending_q);
 	ipr_cmd->done = ipr_reset_ioa_job;
 
-	ipr_cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long) ipr_cmd;
 	ipr_cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
-	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ipr_reset_timer_done;
+	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)ipr_reset_timer_done;
 	add_timer(&ipr_cmd->timer);
 }
 
@@ -8394,9 +8396,8 @@ static int ipr_reset_next_stage(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ipr_cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long) ipr_cmd;
 	ipr_cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + stage_time * HZ;
-	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ipr_oper_timeout;
+	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)ipr_oper_timeout;
 	ipr_cmd->done = ipr_reset_ioa_job;
 	add_timer(&ipr_cmd->timer);
 
@@ -8466,9 +8467,8 @@ static int ipr_reset_enable_ioa(struct ipr_cmnd *ipr_cmd)
 		return IPR_RC_JOB_CONTINUE;
 	}
 
-	ipr_cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long) ipr_cmd;
 	ipr_cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + (ioa_cfg->transop_timeout * HZ);
-	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))ipr_oper_timeout;
+	ipr_cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)ipr_oper_timeout;
 	ipr_cmd->done = ipr_reset_ioa_job;
 	add_timer(&ipr_cmd->timer);
 	list_add_tail(&ipr_cmd->queue, &ipr_cmd->hrrq->hrrq_pending_q);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
index 609dafd661d1..13b37cdffa8e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
@@ -958,9 +958,9 @@ static enum sci_status sci_controller_start_next_phy(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void phy_startup_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void phy_startup_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct isci_host *ihost = container_of(tmr, typeof(*ihost), phy_timer);
 	unsigned long flags;
 	enum sci_status status;
@@ -1592,9 +1592,9 @@ static const struct sci_base_state sci_controller_state_table[] = {
 	[SCIC_FAILED] = {}
 };
 
-static void controller_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void controller_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct isci_host *ihost = container_of(tmr, typeof(*ihost), timer);
 	struct sci_base_state_machine *sm = &ihost->sm;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1737,9 +1737,9 @@ static u8 max_spin_up(struct isci_host *ihost)
 			     MAX_CONCURRENT_DEVICE_SPIN_UP_COUNT);
 }
 
-static void power_control_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void power_control_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct isci_host *ihost = container_of(tmr, typeof(*ihost), power_control.timer);
 	struct isci_phy *iphy;
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/isci.h b/drivers/scsi/isci/isci.h
index 234ab46fce33..680e30947671 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/isci.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/isci.h
@@ -498,12 +498,10 @@ struct sci_timer {
 };
 
 static inline
-void sci_init_timer(struct sci_timer *tmr, void (*fn)(unsigned long))
+void sci_init_timer(struct sci_timer *tmr, void (*fn)(struct timer_list *t))
 {
-	tmr->timer.function = fn;
-	tmr->timer.data = (unsigned long) tmr;
 	tmr->cancel = 0;
-	init_timer(&tmr->timer);
+	timer_setup(&tmr->timer, fn, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void sci_mod_timer(struct sci_timer *tmr, unsigned long msec)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
index cb87b2ef7c92..1deca8c5a94f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ sci_phy_link_layer_initialization(struct isci_phy *iphy,
 	return SCI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static void phy_sata_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void phy_sata_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct isci_phy *iphy = container_of(tmr, typeof(*iphy), sata_timer);
 	struct isci_host *ihost = iphy->owning_port->owning_controller;
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c
index a4dd5c91508c..1df45f028ea7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ bool sci_port_link_detected(struct isci_port *iport, struct isci_phy *iphy)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void port_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void port_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct isci_port *iport = container_of(tmr, typeof(*iport), timer);
 	struct isci_host *ihost = iport->owning_controller;
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/port_config.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/port_config.c
index ac879745ef80..edb7be786c65 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/port_config.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/port_config.c
@@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ sci_mpc_agent_validate_phy_configuration(struct isci_host *ihost,
 	return sci_port_configuration_agent_validate_ports(ihost, port_agent);
 }
 
-static void mpc_agent_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void mpc_agent_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	u8 index;
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct sci_port_configuration_agent *port_agent;
 	struct isci_host *ihost;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -654,10 +654,10 @@ static void sci_apc_agent_link_down(
 }
 
 /* configure the phys into ports when the timer fires */
-static void apc_agent_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void apc_agent_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	u32 index;
-	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
+	struct sci_timer *tmr = from_timer(tmr, t, timer);
 	struct sci_port_configuration_agent *port_agent;
 	struct isci_host *ihost;
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
index 772c35a5c49e..1a4e701a8449 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void fc_fcp_complete_locked(struct fc_fcp_pkt *);
 static void fc_tm_done(struct fc_seq *, struct fc_frame *, void *);
 static void fc_fcp_error(struct fc_fcp_pkt *, struct fc_frame *);
 static void fc_fcp_recovery(struct fc_fcp_pkt *, u8 code);
-static void fc_fcp_timeout(unsigned long);
+static void fc_fcp_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 static void fc_fcp_rec(struct fc_fcp_pkt *);
 static void fc_fcp_rec_error(struct fc_fcp_pkt *, struct fc_frame *);
 static void fc_fcp_rec_resp(struct fc_seq *, struct fc_frame *, void *);
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ static struct fc_fcp_pkt *fc_fcp_pkt_alloc(struct fc_lport *lport, gfp_t gfp)
 		fsp->lp = lport;
 		fsp->xfer_ddp = FC_XID_UNKNOWN;
 		refcount_set(&fsp->ref_cnt, 1);
-		init_timer(&fsp->timer);
-		fsp->timer.data = (unsigned long)fsp;
+		timer_setup(&fsp->timer, NULL, 0);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fsp->list);
 		spin_lock_init(&fsp->scsi_pkt_lock);
 	} else {
@@ -1215,7 +1214,7 @@ static int fc_fcp_cmd_send(struct fc_lport *lport, struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp,
 	fsp->seq_ptr = seq;
 	fc_fcp_pkt_hold(fsp);	/* hold for fc_fcp_pkt_destroy */
 
-	setup_timer(&fsp->timer, fc_fcp_timeout, (unsigned long)fsp);
+	fsp->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)fc_fcp_timeout;
 	if (rpriv->flags & FC_RP_FLAGS_REC_SUPPORTED)
 		fc_fcp_timer_set(fsp, get_fsp_rec_tov(fsp));
 
@@ -1298,9 +1297,9 @@ static int fc_fcp_pkt_abort(struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp)
  * fc_lun_reset_send() - Send LUN reset command
  * @data: The FCP packet that identifies the LUN to be reset
  */
-static void fc_lun_reset_send(unsigned long data)
+static void fc_lun_reset_send(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp = (struct fc_fcp_pkt *)data;
+	struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp = from_timer(fsp, t, timer);
 	struct fc_lport *lport = fsp->lp;
 
 	if (lport->tt.fcp_cmd_send(lport, fsp, fc_tm_done)) {
@@ -1308,7 +1307,7 @@ static void fc_lun_reset_send(unsigned long data)
 			return;
 		if (fc_fcp_lock_pkt(fsp))
 			return;
-		setup_timer(&fsp->timer, fc_lun_reset_send, (unsigned long)fsp);
+		fsp->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)fc_lun_reset_send;
 		fc_fcp_timer_set(fsp, get_fsp_rec_tov(fsp));
 		fc_fcp_unlock_pkt(fsp);
 	}
@@ -1334,7 +1333,7 @@ static int fc_lun_reset(struct fc_lport *lport, struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp,
 	fsp->wait_for_comp = 1;
 	init_completion(&fsp->tm_done);
 
-	fc_lun_reset_send((unsigned long)fsp);
+	fc_lun_reset_send(&fsp->timer);
 
 	/*
 	 * wait for completion of reset
@@ -1431,9 +1430,9 @@ static void fc_fcp_cleanup(struct fc_lport *lport)
  * received we see if data was received recently. If it has been then we
  * continue waiting, otherwise, we abort the command.
  */
-static void fc_fcp_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void fc_fcp_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp = (struct fc_fcp_pkt *)data;
+	struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp = from_timer(fsp, t, timer);
 	struct fc_rport *rport = fsp->rport;
 	struct fc_rport_libfc_priv *rpriv = rport->dd_data;
 
@@ -1446,7 +1445,7 @@ static void fc_fcp_timeout(unsigned long data)
 	if (fsp->lp->qfull) {
 		FC_FCP_DBG(fsp, "fcp timeout, resetting timer delay %d\n",
 			   fsp->timer_delay);
-		setup_timer(&fsp->timer, fc_fcp_timeout, (unsigned long)fsp);
+		fsp->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)fc_fcp_timeout;
 		fc_fcp_timer_set(fsp, fsp->timer_delay);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index f8dc1601efd5..9c50d2d9f27c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -1805,9 +1805,9 @@ int iscsi_target_alloc(struct scsi_target *starget)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_target_alloc);
 
-static void iscsi_tmf_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void iscsi_tmf_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = (struct iscsi_conn *)data;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = from_timer(conn, t, tmf_timer);
 	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
 
 	spin_lock(&session->frwd_lock);
@@ -1838,8 +1838,6 @@ static int iscsi_exec_task_mgmt_fn(struct iscsi_conn *conn,
 	}
 	conn->tmfcmd_pdus_cnt++;
 	conn->tmf_timer.expires = timeout * HZ + jiffies;
-	conn->tmf_timer.function = iscsi_tmf_timedout;
-	conn->tmf_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
 	add_timer(&conn->tmf_timer);
 	ISCSI_DBG_EH(session, "tmf set timeout\n");
 
@@ -2089,9 +2087,9 @@ done:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_eh_cmd_timed_out);
 
-static void iscsi_check_transport_timeouts(unsigned long data)
+static void iscsi_check_transport_timeouts(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = (struct iscsi_conn *)data;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = from_timer(conn, t, transport_timer);
 	struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
 	unsigned long recv_timeout, next_timeout = 0, last_recv;
 
@@ -2913,9 +2911,7 @@ iscsi_conn_setup(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session, int dd_size,
 	conn->exp_statsn = 0;
 	conn->tmf_state = TMF_INITIAL;
 
-	init_timer(&conn->transport_timer);
-	conn->transport_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
-	conn->transport_timer.function = iscsi_check_transport_timeouts;
+	timer_setup(&conn->transport_timer, iscsi_check_transport_timeouts, 0);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conn->mgmtqueue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conn->cmdqueue);
@@ -2939,7 +2935,7 @@ iscsi_conn_setup(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session, int dd_size,
 		goto login_task_data_alloc_fail;
 	conn->login_task->data = conn->data = data;
 
-	init_timer(&conn->tmf_timer);
+	timer_setup(&conn->tmf_timer, iscsi_tmf_timedout, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conn->ehwait);
 
 	return cls_conn;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 6b4fd2375178..174e5eff6155 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ static int sas_disable_routing(struct domain_device *dev,  u8 *sas_addr);
 
 /* ---------- SMP task management ---------- */
 
-static void smp_task_timedout(unsigned long _task)
+static void smp_task_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sas_task *task = (void *) _task;
+	struct sas_task_slow *slow = from_timer(slow, t, timer);
+	struct sas_task *task = slow->task;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
@@ -91,8 +92,7 @@ static int smp_execute_task_sg(struct domain_device *dev,
 
 		task->task_done = smp_task_done;
 
-		task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long) task;
-		task->slow_task->timer.function = smp_task_timedout;
+		task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)smp_task_timedout;
 		task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + SMP_TIMEOUT*HZ;
 		add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
index 64e9cdda1c3c..681fcb837354 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ struct sas_task *sas_alloc_slow_task(gfp_t flags)
 	}
 
 	task->slow_task = slow;
-	init_timer(&slow->timer);
+	slow->task = task;
+	timer_setup(&slow->timer, NULL, 0);
 	init_completion(&slow->completion);
 
 	return task;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index ea8ad06ff582..91795eb56206 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ void sas_task_abort(struct sas_task *task)
 			return;
 		if (!del_timer(&slow->timer))
 			return;
-		slow->timer.function(slow->timer.data);
+		slow->timer.function((TIMER_DATA_TYPE)&slow->timer);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_crtn.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_crtn.h
index 7e300734b345..4e858b38529a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_crtn.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_crtn.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void lpfc_disc_list_loopmap(struct lpfc_vport *);
 void lpfc_disc_start(struct lpfc_vport *);
 void lpfc_cleanup_discovery_resources(struct lpfc_vport *);
 void lpfc_cleanup(struct lpfc_vport *);
-void lpfc_disc_timeout(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_disc_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 
 int lpfc_unregister_fcf_prep(struct lpfc_hba *);
 struct lpfc_nodelist *__lpfc_findnode_rpi(struct lpfc_vport *, uint16_t);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int lpfc_els_rsp_adisc_acc(struct lpfc_vport *, struct lpfc_iocbq *,
 int lpfc_els_rsp_prli_acc(struct lpfc_vport *, struct lpfc_iocbq *,
 			  struct lpfc_nodelist *);
 void lpfc_cancel_retry_delay_tmo(struct lpfc_vport *, struct lpfc_nodelist *);
-void lpfc_els_retry_delay(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_els_retry_delay(struct timer_list *);
 void lpfc_els_retry_delay_handler(struct lpfc_nodelist *);
 void lpfc_els_unsol_event(struct lpfc_hba *, struct lpfc_sli_ring *,
 			  struct lpfc_iocbq *);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void lpfc_els_flush_all_cmd(struct lpfc_hba *);
 void lpfc_els_flush_cmd(struct lpfc_vport *);
 int lpfc_els_disc_adisc(struct lpfc_vport *);
 int lpfc_els_disc_plogi(struct lpfc_vport *);
-void lpfc_els_timeout(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_els_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 void lpfc_els_timeout_handler(struct lpfc_vport *);
 struct lpfc_iocbq *lpfc_prep_els_iocb(struct lpfc_vport *, uint8_t, uint16_t,
 				      uint8_t, struct lpfc_nodelist *,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int lpfc_get_gidft_type(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *iocbq);
 int lpfc_ns_cmd(struct lpfc_vport *, int, uint8_t, uint32_t);
 int lpfc_fdmi_cmd(struct lpfc_vport *, struct lpfc_nodelist *, int, uint32_t);
 void lpfc_fdmi_num_disc_check(struct lpfc_vport *);
-void lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo(struct timer_list *);
 void lpfc_delayed_disc_timeout_handler(struct lpfc_vport *);
 
 int lpfc_config_port_prep(struct lpfc_hba *);
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ void lpfc_mem_free(struct lpfc_hba *);
 void lpfc_mem_free_all(struct lpfc_hba *);
 void lpfc_stop_vport_timers(struct lpfc_vport *);
 
-void lpfc_poll_timeout(unsigned long ptr);
+void lpfc_poll_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 void lpfc_poll_start_timer(struct lpfc_hba *);
-void lpfc_poll_eratt(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_poll_eratt(struct timer_list *);
 int
 lpfc_sli_handle_fast_ring_event(struct lpfc_hba *,
 			struct lpfc_sli_ring *, uint32_t);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int
 lpfc_sli_abort_taskmgmt(struct lpfc_vport *, struct lpfc_sli_ring *,
 			uint16_t, uint64_t, lpfc_ctx_cmd);
 
-void lpfc_mbox_timeout(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_mbox_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 void lpfc_mbox_timeout_handler(struct lpfc_hba *);
 
 struct lpfc_nodelist *lpfc_findnode_did(struct lpfc_vport *, uint32_t);
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ extern unsigned int lpfc_fcp_look_ahead;
 /* Interface exported by fabric iocb scheduler */
 void lpfc_fabric_abort_nport(struct lpfc_nodelist *);
 void lpfc_fabric_abort_hba(struct lpfc_hba *);
-void lpfc_fabric_block_timeout(unsigned long);
+void lpfc_fabric_block_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 void lpfc_unblock_fabric_iocbs(struct lpfc_hba *);
 void lpfc_rampdown_queue_depth(struct lpfc_hba *);
 void lpfc_ramp_down_queue_handler(struct lpfc_hba *);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_ct.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_ct.c
index 33417681f5d4..f77673ab4a84 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_ct.c
@@ -2884,9 +2884,9 @@ fdmi_cmd_exit:
  * the worker thread.
  **/
 void
-lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_vport *vport = (struct lpfc_vport *)ptr;
+	struct lpfc_vport *vport = from_timer(vport, t, delayed_disc_tmo);
 	struct lpfc_hba   *phba = vport->phba;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 	unsigned long iflag;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
index 468a66371de9..0dd6c21433fe 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
@@ -3131,9 +3131,9 @@ lpfc_cancel_retry_delay_tmo(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *nlp)
  * to the event associated with the ndlp.
  **/
 void
-lpfc_els_retry_delay(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_els_retry_delay(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp = (struct lpfc_nodelist *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp = from_timer(ndlp, t, nlp_delayfunc);
 	struct lpfc_vport *vport = ndlp->vport;
 	struct lpfc_hba   *phba = vport->phba;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -7385,9 +7385,9 @@ lpfc_els_rcv_fan(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * lpfc_els_timeout_handler() to work on the posted event WORKER_ELS_TMO.
  **/
 void
-lpfc_els_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_els_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_vport *vport = (struct lpfc_vport *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_vport *vport = from_timer(vport, t, els_tmofunc);
 	struct lpfc_hba   *phba = vport->phba;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 	unsigned long iflag;
@@ -9017,9 +9017,9 @@ lpfc_issue_els_npiv_logo(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
  * posted event WORKER_FABRIC_BLOCK_TMO.
  **/
 void
-lpfc_fabric_block_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_fabric_block_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_hba  *phba = (struct lpfc_hba *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_hba  *phba = from_timer(phba, t, fabric_block_timer);
 	unsigned long iflags;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index 20808349a80e..8d491084eb5d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -4370,8 +4370,7 @@ lpfc_initialize_node(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp,
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ndlp->els_retry_evt.evt_listp);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ndlp->dev_loss_evt.evt_listp);
-	setup_timer(&ndlp->nlp_delayfunc, lpfc_els_retry_delay,
-			(unsigned long)ndlp);
+	timer_setup(&ndlp->nlp_delayfunc, lpfc_els_retry_delay, 0);
 	ndlp->nlp_DID = did;
 	ndlp->vport = vport;
 	ndlp->phba = vport->phba;
@@ -5508,9 +5507,9 @@ lpfc_cleanup_discovery_resources(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
  */
 /*****************************************************************************/
 void
-lpfc_disc_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_disc_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_vport *vport = (struct lpfc_vport *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_vport *vport = from_timer(vport, t, fc_disctmo);
 	struct lpfc_hba   *phba = vport->phba;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index 100bc4c8798d..6a1e28ba9258 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -1138,13 +1138,13 @@ lpfc_hba_down_post(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
  * be cleared by the worker thread after it has taken the event bitmap out.
  **/
 static void
-lpfc_hb_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_hb_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct lpfc_hba *phba;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 	unsigned long iflag;
 
-	phba = (struct lpfc_hba *)ptr;
+	phba = from_timer(phba, t, hb_tmofunc);
 
 	/* Check for heart beat timeout conditions */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->pport->work_port_lock, iflag);
@@ -1172,12 +1172,12 @@ lpfc_hb_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
  * be cleared by the worker thread after it has taken the event bitmap out.
  **/
 static void
-lpfc_rrq_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_rrq_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct lpfc_hba *phba;
 	unsigned long iflag;
 
-	phba = (struct lpfc_hba *)ptr;
+	phba = from_timer(phba, t, rrq_tmr);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->pport->work_port_lock, iflag);
 	if (!(phba->pport->load_flag & FC_UNLOADING))
 		phba->hba_flag |= HBA_RRQ_ACTIVE;
@@ -3937,14 +3937,11 @@ lpfc_create_port(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int instance, struct device *dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vport->rcv_buffer_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&vport->work_port_lock);
 
-	setup_timer(&vport->fc_disctmo, lpfc_disc_timeout,
-			(unsigned long)vport);
+	timer_setup(&vport->fc_disctmo, lpfc_disc_timeout, 0);
 
-	setup_timer(&vport->els_tmofunc, lpfc_els_timeout,
-			(unsigned long)vport);
+	timer_setup(&vport->els_tmofunc, lpfc_els_timeout, 0);
 
-	setup_timer(&vport->delayed_disc_tmo, lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo,
-			(unsigned long)vport);
+	timer_setup(&vport->delayed_disc_tmo, lpfc_delayed_disc_tmo, 0);
 
 	error = scsi_add_host_with_dma(shost, dev, &phba->pcidev->dev);
 	if (error)
@@ -4210,9 +4207,9 @@ lpfc_fcf_redisc_wait_start_timer(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
  * worker thread context.
  **/
 static void
-lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_wait_tmo(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_wait_tmo(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_hba *phba = (struct lpfc_hba *)ptr;
+	struct lpfc_hba *phba = from_timer(phba, t, fcf.redisc_wait);
 
 	/* Don't send FCF rediscovery event if timer cancelled */
 	spin_lock_irq(&phba->hbalock);
@@ -5624,15 +5621,13 @@ lpfc_setup_driver_resource_phase1(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phba->luns);
 
 	/* MBOX heartbeat timer */
-	setup_timer(&psli->mbox_tmo, lpfc_mbox_timeout, (unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&psli->mbox_tmo, lpfc_mbox_timeout, 0);
 	/* Fabric block timer */
-	setup_timer(&phba->fabric_block_timer, lpfc_fabric_block_timeout,
-			(unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->fabric_block_timer, lpfc_fabric_block_timeout, 0);
 	/* EA polling mode timer */
-	setup_timer(&phba->eratt_poll, lpfc_poll_eratt,
-			(unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->eratt_poll, lpfc_poll_eratt, 0);
 	/* Heartbeat timer */
-	setup_timer(&phba->hb_tmofunc, lpfc_hb_timeout, (unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->hb_tmofunc, lpfc_hb_timeout, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -5658,8 +5653,7 @@ lpfc_sli_driver_resource_setup(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	 */
 
 	/* FCP polling mode timer */
-	setup_timer(&phba->fcp_poll_timer, lpfc_poll_timeout,
-			(unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->fcp_poll_timer, lpfc_poll_timeout, 0);
 
 	/* Host attention work mask setup */
 	phba->work_ha_mask = (HA_ERATT | HA_MBATT | HA_LATT);
@@ -5829,11 +5823,10 @@ lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	 * Initialize timers used by driver
 	 */
 
-	setup_timer(&phba->rrq_tmr, lpfc_rrq_timeout, (unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->rrq_tmr, lpfc_rrq_timeout, 0);
 
 	/* FCF rediscover timer */
-	setup_timer(&phba->fcf.redisc_wait, lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_wait_tmo,
-			(unsigned long)phba);
+	timer_setup(&phba->fcf.redisc_wait, lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_wait_tmo, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Control structure for handling external multi-buffer mailbox
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
index 1a6f122bb25d..c0cdaef4db24 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
@@ -4501,9 +4501,9 @@ void lpfc_poll_start_timer(struct lpfc_hba * phba)
  * and FCP Ring interrupt is disable.
  **/
 
-void lpfc_poll_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+void lpfc_poll_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_hba *phba = (struct lpfc_hba *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_hba *phba = from_timer(phba, t, fcp_poll_timer);
 
 	if (phba->cfg_poll & ENABLE_FCP_RING_POLLING) {
 		lpfc_sli_handle_fast_ring_event(phba,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 8b119f87b51d..4edb81073409 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -3004,13 +3004,13 @@ lpfc_sli_rsp_pointers_error(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring)
  * and wake up worker thread to process it. Otherwise, it will set up the
  * Error Attention polling timer for the next poll.
  **/
-void lpfc_poll_eratt(unsigned long ptr)
+void lpfc_poll_eratt(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct lpfc_hba *phba;
 	uint32_t eratt = 0;
 	uint64_t sli_intr, cnt;
 
-	phba = (struct lpfc_hba *)ptr;
+	phba = from_timer(phba, t, eratt_poll);
 
 	/* Here we will also keep track of interrupts per sec of the hba */
 	sli_intr = phba->sli.slistat.sli_intr;
@@ -7167,9 +7167,9 @@ out_free_mbox:
  * done by the worker thread function lpfc_mbox_timeout_handler.
  **/
 void
-lpfc_mbox_timeout(unsigned long ptr)
+lpfc_mbox_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct lpfc_hba  *phba = (struct lpfc_hba *) ptr;
+	struct lpfc_hba  *phba = from_timer(phba, t, sli.mbox_tmo);
 	unsigned long iflag;
 	uint32_t tmo_posted;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h
index 05f6e4ec3453..eedcbde46459 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 
 #include "mbox_defs.h"
 
@@ -153,6 +154,11 @@ typedef struct uioc {
 
 } __attribute__ ((aligned(1024),packed)) uioc_t;
 
+/* For on-stack uioc timers. */
+struct uioc_timeout {
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	uioc_t		  *uioc;
+};
 
 /**
  * struct mraid_hba_info - information about the controller
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
index ec3c43854978..530358cdcb39 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
@@ -3904,19 +3904,19 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_done(uioc_t *uioc)
 	wake_up(&raid_dev->sysfs_wait_q);
 }
 
-
 /**
  * megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout - timeout handling for get ldmap
- * @data	: timed out packet
+ * @t	: timed out timer
  *
  * Timeout routine to recover and return to application, in case the adapter
  * has stopped responding. A timeout of 60 seconds for this command seems like
  * a good value.
  */
 static void
-megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout(unsigned long data)
+megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	uioc_t		*uioc = (uioc_t *)data;
+	struct uioc_timeout *timeout = from_timer(timeout, t, timer);
+	uioc_t		*uioc = timeout->uioc;
 	adapter_t	*adapter = (adapter_t *)uioc->buf_vaddr;
 	mraid_device_t	*raid_dev = ADAP2RAIDDEV(adapter);
 
@@ -3951,8 +3951,7 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(adapter_t *adapter)
 	mbox64_t		*mbox64;
 	mbox_t			*mbox;
 	char			*raw_mbox;
-	struct timer_list	sysfs_timer;
-	struct timer_list	*timerp;
+	struct uioc_timeout	timeout;
 	caddr_t			ldmap;
 	int			rval = 0;
 
@@ -3988,14 +3987,12 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(adapter_t *adapter)
 	/*
 	 * Setup a timer to recover from a non-responding controller
 	 */
-	timerp	= &sysfs_timer;
-	init_timer(timerp);
-
-	timerp->function	= megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout;
-	timerp->data		= (unsigned long)uioc;
-	timerp->expires		= jiffies + 60 * HZ;
+	timeout.uioc = uioc;
+	timer_setup_on_stack(&timeout.timer,
+			     megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap_timeout, 0);
 
-	add_timer(timerp);
+	timeout.timer.expires		= jiffies + 60 * HZ;
+	add_timer(&timeout.timer);
 
 	/*
 	 * Send the command to the firmware
@@ -4033,7 +4030,8 @@ megaraid_sysfs_get_ldmap(adapter_t *adapter)
 	}
 
 
-	del_timer_sync(timerp);
+	del_timer_sync(&timeout.timer);
+	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timeout.timer);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&raid_dev->sysfs_mtx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mm.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mm.c
index 65b6f6ace3a5..bb802b0c12b8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mm.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int kioc_to_mimd(uioc_t *, mimd_t __user *);
 static int handle_drvrcmd(void __user *, uint8_t, int *);
 static int lld_ioctl(mraid_mmadp_t *, uioc_t *);
 static void ioctl_done(uioc_t *);
-static void lld_timedout(unsigned long);
+static void lld_timedout(struct timer_list *);
 static void hinfo_to_cinfo(mraid_hba_info_t *, mcontroller_t *);
 static mraid_mmadp_t *mraid_mm_get_adapter(mimd_t __user *, int *);
 static uioc_t *mraid_mm_alloc_kioc(mraid_mmadp_t *);
@@ -686,8 +686,7 @@ static int
 lld_ioctl(mraid_mmadp_t *adp, uioc_t *kioc)
 {
 	int			rval;
-	struct timer_list	timer;
-	struct timer_list	*tp = NULL;
+	struct uioc_timeout	timeout = { };
 
 	kioc->status	= -ENODATA;
 	rval		= adp->issue_uioc(adp->drvr_data, kioc, IOCTL_ISSUE);
@@ -698,14 +697,12 @@ lld_ioctl(mraid_mmadp_t *adp, uioc_t *kioc)
 	 * Start the timer
 	 */
 	if (adp->timeout > 0) {
-		tp		= &timer;
-		init_timer(tp);
+		timeout.uioc = kioc;
+		timer_setup_on_stack(&timeout.timer, lld_timedout, 0);
 
-		tp->function	= lld_timedout;
-		tp->data	= (unsigned long)kioc;
-		tp->expires	= jiffies + adp->timeout * HZ;
+		timeout.timer.expires	= jiffies + adp->timeout * HZ;
 
-		add_timer(tp);
+		add_timer(&timeout.timer);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -713,8 +710,9 @@ lld_ioctl(mraid_mmadp_t *adp, uioc_t *kioc)
 	 * call, the ioctl either completed successfully or timedout.
 	 */
 	wait_event(wait_q, (kioc->status != -ENODATA));
-	if (tp) {
-		del_timer_sync(tp);
+	if (timeout.timer.function) {
+		del_timer_sync(&timeout.timer);
+		destroy_timer_on_stack(&timeout.timer);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -783,12 +781,13 @@ ioctl_done(uioc_t *kioc)
 
 /**
  * lld_timedout	- callback from the expired timer
- * @ptr		: ioctl packet that timed out
+ * @t		: timer that timed out
  */
 static void
-lld_timedout(unsigned long ptr)
+lld_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	uioc_t *kioc	= (uioc_t *)ptr;
+	struct uioc_timeout *timeout = from_timer(timeout, t, timer);
+	uioc_t *kioc	= timeout->uioc;
 
 	kioc->status 	= -ETIME;
 	kioc->timedout	= 1;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index e518dadc8161..a36e18156e49 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -2114,22 +2114,19 @@ static void megasas_complete_cmd_dpc(unsigned long instance_addr)
 	megasas_check_and_restore_queue_depth(instance);
 }
 
+static void megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler(struct timer_list *t);
+
 /**
- * megasas_start_timer - Initializes a timer object
+ * megasas_start_timer - Initializes sriov heartbeat timer object
  * @instance:		Adapter soft state
- * @timer:		timer object to be initialized
- * @fn:			timer function
- * @interval:		time interval between timer function call
  *
  */
-void megasas_start_timer(struct megasas_instance *instance,
-			struct timer_list *timer,
-			void *fn, unsigned long interval)
-{
-	init_timer(timer);
-	timer->expires = jiffies + interval;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)instance;
-	timer->function = fn;
+void megasas_start_timer(struct megasas_instance *instance)
+{
+	struct timer_list *timer = &instance->sriov_heartbeat_timer;
+
+	timer_setup(timer, megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler, 0);
+	timer->expires = jiffies + MEGASAS_SRIOV_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_VF;
 	add_timer(timer);
 }
 
@@ -2515,10 +2512,10 @@ out:
 }
 
 /* Handler for SR-IOV heartbeat */
-void megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler(unsigned long instance_addr)
+static void megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct megasas_instance *instance =
-		(struct megasas_instance *)instance_addr;
+		from_timer(instance, t, sriov_heartbeat_timer);
 
 	if (instance->hb_host_mem->HB.fwCounter !=
 	    instance->hb_host_mem->HB.driverCounter) {
@@ -5493,10 +5490,7 @@ static int megasas_init_fw(struct megasas_instance *instance)
 	/* Launch SR-IOV heartbeat timer */
 	if (instance->requestorId) {
 		if (!megasas_sriov_start_heartbeat(instance, 1))
-			megasas_start_timer(instance,
-					    &instance->sriov_heartbeat_timer,
-					    megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler,
-					    MEGASAS_SRIOV_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_VF);
+			megasas_start_timer(instance);
 		else
 			instance->skip_heartbeat_timer_del = 1;
 	}
@@ -6507,10 +6501,7 @@ megasas_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	/* Re-launch SR-IOV heartbeat timer */
 	if (instance->requestorId) {
 		if (!megasas_sriov_start_heartbeat(instance, 0))
-			megasas_start_timer(instance,
-					    &instance->sriov_heartbeat_timer,
-					    megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler,
-					    MEGASAS_SRIOV_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_VF);
+			megasas_start_timer(instance);
 		else {
 			instance->skip_heartbeat_timer_del = 1;
 			goto fail_init_mfi;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c
index 11bd2e698b84..3c399e7b3fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c
@@ -85,12 +85,9 @@ int megasas_transition_to_ready(struct megasas_instance *instance, int ocr);
 void megaraid_sas_kill_hba(struct megasas_instance *instance);
 
 extern u32 megasas_dbg_lvl;
-void megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler(unsigned long instance_addr);
 int megasas_sriov_start_heartbeat(struct megasas_instance *instance,
 				  int initial);
-void megasas_start_timer(struct megasas_instance *instance,
-			struct timer_list *timer,
-			 void *fn, unsigned long interval);
+void megasas_start_timer(struct megasas_instance *instance);
 extern struct megasas_mgmt_info megasas_mgmt_info;
 extern unsigned int resetwaittime;
 extern unsigned int dual_qdepth_disable;
@@ -4369,10 +4366,7 @@ transition_to_ready:
 			/* Restart SR-IOV heartbeat */
 			if (instance->requestorId) {
 				if (!megasas_sriov_start_heartbeat(instance, 0))
-					megasas_start_timer(instance,
-							    &instance->sriov_heartbeat_timer,
-							    megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler,
-							    MEGASAS_SRIOV_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_VF);
+					megasas_start_timer(instance);
 				else
 					instance->skip_heartbeat_timer_del = 1;
 			}
@@ -4404,10 +4398,7 @@ fail_kill_adapter:
 	} else {
 		/* For VF: Restart HB timer if we didn't OCR */
 		if (instance->requestorId) {
-			megasas_start_timer(instance,
-					    &instance->sriov_heartbeat_timer,
-					    megasas_sriov_heartbeat_handler,
-					    MEGASAS_SRIOV_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_VF);
+			megasas_start_timer(instance);
 		}
 		clear_bit(MEGASAS_FUSION_IN_RESET, &instance->reset_flags);
 		instance->instancet->enable_intr(instance);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c
index 718c88de328b..8c91637cd598 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void mvs_phy_init(struct mvs_info *mvi, int phy_id)
 
 	phy->mvi = mvi;
 	phy->port = NULL;
-	init_timer(&phy->timer);
+	timer_setup(&phy->timer, NULL, 0);
 	sas_phy->enabled = (phy_id < mvi->chip->n_phy) ? 1 : 0;
 	sas_phy->class = SAS;
 	sas_phy->iproto = SAS_PROTOCOL_ALL;
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ static int mvs_alloc(struct mvs_info *mvi, struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 		mvi->devices[i].dev_type = SAS_PHY_UNUSED;
 		mvi->devices[i].device_id = i;
 		mvi->devices[i].dev_status = MVS_DEV_NORMAL;
-		init_timer(&mvi->devices[i].timer);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
index ee81d10252e0..cff1c37b8d2e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
@@ -1283,9 +1283,10 @@ static void mvs_task_done(struct sas_task *task)
 	complete(&task->slow_task->completion);
 }
 
-static void mvs_tmf_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void mvs_tmf_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sas_task *task = (struct sas_task *)data;
+	struct sas_task_slow *slow = from_timer(slow, t, timer);
+	struct sas_task *task = slow->task;
 
 	task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
 	complete(&task->slow_task->completion);
@@ -1309,8 +1310,7 @@ static int mvs_exec_internal_tmf_task(struct domain_device *dev,
 		memcpy(&task->ssp_task, parameter, para_len);
 		task->task_done = mvs_task_done;
 
-		task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long) task;
-		task->slow_task->timer.function = mvs_tmf_timedout;
+		task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)mvs_tmf_timedout;
 		task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + MVS_TASK_TIMEOUT*HZ;
 		add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
@@ -1954,9 +1954,9 @@ static int mvs_handle_event(struct mvs_info *mvi, void *data, int handler)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void mvs_sig_time_out(unsigned long tphy)
+static void mvs_sig_time_out(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct mvs_phy *phy = (struct mvs_phy *)tphy;
+	struct mvs_phy *phy = from_timer(phy, t, timer);
 	struct mvs_info *mvi = phy->mvi;
 	u8 phy_no;
 
@@ -2020,8 +2020,7 @@ void mvs_int_port(struct mvs_info *mvi, int phy_no, u32 events)
 		MVS_CHIP_DISP->write_port_irq_mask(mvi, phy_no,
 					tmp | PHYEV_SIG_FIS);
 		if (phy->timer.function == NULL) {
-			phy->timer.data = (unsigned long)phy;
-			phy->timer.function = mvs_sig_time_out;
+			phy->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)mvs_sig_time_out;
 			phy->timer.expires = jiffies + 5*HZ;
 			add_timer(&phy->timer);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.h b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.h
index f9afd4cdd4c4..080676c1c9e5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.h
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ struct mvs_device {
 	enum sas_device_type dev_type;
 	struct mvs_info *mvi_info;
 	struct domain_device *sas_device;
-	struct timer_list timer;
 	u32 attached_phy;
 	u32 device_id;
 	u32 running_req;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
index ce584c31d36e..7b2f92ae9866 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
@@ -656,9 +656,10 @@ void pm8001_task_done(struct sas_task *task)
 	complete(&task->slow_task->completion);
 }
 
-static void pm8001_tmf_timedout(unsigned long data)
+static void pm8001_tmf_timedout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct sas_task *task = (struct sas_task *)data;
+	struct sas_task_slow *slow = from_timer(slow, t, timer);
+	struct sas_task *task = slow->task;
 
 	task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
 	complete(&task->slow_task->completion);
@@ -694,8 +695,7 @@ static int pm8001_exec_internal_tmf_task(struct domain_device *dev,
 		task->task_proto = dev->tproto;
 		memcpy(&task->ssp_task, parameter, para_len);
 		task->task_done = pm8001_task_done;
-		task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long)task;
-		task->slow_task->timer.function = pm8001_tmf_timedout;
+		task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pm8001_tmf_timedout;
 		task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + PM8001_TASK_TIMEOUT*HZ;
 		add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
@@ -781,8 +781,7 @@ pm8001_exec_internal_task_abort(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		task->dev = dev;
 		task->task_proto = dev->tproto;
 		task->task_done = pm8001_task_done;
-		task->slow_task->timer.data = (unsigned long)task;
-		task->slow_task->timer.function = pm8001_tmf_timedout;
+		task->slow_task->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pm8001_tmf_timedout;
 		task->slow_task->timer.expires = jiffies + PM8001_TASK_TIMEOUT * HZ;
 		add_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index b4d6cd8cd1ad..4f9f115fb6a0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void pmcraid_init_cmdblk(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	cmd->sense_buffer = NULL;
 	cmd->sense_buffer_dma = 0;
 	cmd->dma_handle = 0;
-	init_timer(&cmd->timer);
+	timer_setup(&cmd->timer, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -557,8 +557,9 @@ static void pmcraid_reset_type(struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance)
 
 static void pmcraid_ioa_reset(struct pmcraid_cmd *);
 
-static void pmcraid_bist_done(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
+static void pmcraid_bist_done(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd = from_timer(cmd, t, timer);
 	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance = cmd->drv_inst;
 	unsigned long lock_flags;
 	int rc;
@@ -572,9 +573,6 @@ static void pmcraid_bist_done(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
 		pmcraid_info("BIST not complete, waiting another 2 secs\n");
 		cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + cmd->time_left;
 		cmd->time_left = 0;
-		cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
-		cmd->timer.function =
-			(void (*)(unsigned long))pmcraid_bist_done;
 		add_timer(&cmd->timer);
 	} else {
 		cmd->time_left = 0;
@@ -605,9 +603,8 @@ static void pmcraid_start_bist(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
 		      doorbells, intrs);
 
 	cmd->time_left = msecs_to_jiffies(PMCRAID_BIST_TIMEOUT);
-	cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
 	cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(PMCRAID_BIST_TIMEOUT);
-	cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))pmcraid_bist_done;
+	cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pmcraid_bist_done;
 	add_timer(&cmd->timer);
 }
 
@@ -617,8 +614,9 @@ static void pmcraid_start_bist(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
  * Return value
  *  None
  */
-static void pmcraid_reset_alert_done(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
+static void pmcraid_reset_alert_done(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd = from_timer(cmd, t, timer);
 	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance = cmd->drv_inst;
 	u32 status = ioread32(pinstance->ioa_status);
 	unsigned long lock_flags;
@@ -637,10 +635,8 @@ static void pmcraid_reset_alert_done(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
 		pmcraid_info("critical op is not yet reset waiting again\n");
 		/* restart timer if some more time is available to wait */
 		cmd->time_left -= PMCRAID_CHECK_FOR_RESET_TIMEOUT;
-		cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
 		cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + PMCRAID_CHECK_FOR_RESET_TIMEOUT;
-		cmd->timer.function =
-			(void (*)(unsigned long))pmcraid_reset_alert_done;
+		cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pmcraid_reset_alert_done;
 		add_timer(&cmd->timer);
 	}
 }
@@ -676,10 +672,8 @@ static void pmcraid_reset_alert(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
 		 * bit to be reset.
 		 */
 		cmd->time_left = PMCRAID_RESET_TIMEOUT;
-		cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
 		cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + PMCRAID_CHECK_FOR_RESET_TIMEOUT;
-		cmd->timer.function =
-			(void (*)(unsigned long))pmcraid_reset_alert_done;
+		cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pmcraid_reset_alert_done;
 		add_timer(&cmd->timer);
 
 		iowrite32(DOORBELL_IOA_RESET_ALERT,
@@ -704,8 +698,9 @@ static void pmcraid_reset_alert(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
  * Return value:
  *   None
  */
-static void pmcraid_timeout_handler(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
+static void pmcraid_timeout_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd = from_timer(cmd, t, timer);
 	struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance = cmd->drv_inst;
 	unsigned long lock_flags;
 
@@ -919,7 +914,7 @@ static void pmcraid_send_cmd(
 	struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd,
 	void (*cmd_done) (struct pmcraid_cmd *),
 	unsigned long timeout,
-	void (*timeout_func) (struct pmcraid_cmd *)
+	void (*timeout_func) (struct timer_list *)
 )
 {
 	/* initialize done function */
@@ -927,9 +922,8 @@ static void pmcraid_send_cmd(
 
 	if (timeout_func) {
 		/* setup timeout handler */
-		cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
 		cmd->timer.expires = jiffies + timeout;
-		cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))timeout_func;
+		cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)timeout_func;
 		add_timer(&cmd->timer);
 	}
 
@@ -1955,10 +1949,9 @@ static void pmcraid_soft_reset(struct pmcraid_cmd *cmd)
 	 * would re-initiate a reset
 	 */
 	cmd->cmd_done = pmcraid_ioa_reset;
-	cmd->timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
 	cmd->timer.expires = jiffies +
 			     msecs_to_jiffies(PMCRAID_TRANSOP_TIMEOUT);
-	cmd->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))pmcraid_timeout_handler;
+	cmd->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)pmcraid_timeout_handler;
 
 	if (!timer_pending(&cmd->timer))
 		add_timer(&cmd->timer);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
index 8a29fb09db14..390775d5c918 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ enum action {
 };
 
 
-static void qla1280_mailbox_timeout(unsigned long __data)
+static void qla1280_mailbox_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct scsi_qla_host *ha = (struct scsi_qla_host *)__data;
+	struct scsi_qla_host *ha = from_timer(ha, t, mailbox_timer);
 	struct device_reg __iomem *reg;
 	reg = ha->iobase;
 
@@ -2465,7 +2465,6 @@ qla1280_mailbox_command(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, uint8_t mr, uint16_t *mb)
 	uint16_t __iomem *mptr;
 	uint16_t data;
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
-	struct timer_list timer;
 
 	ENTER("qla1280_mailbox_command");
 
@@ -2494,18 +2493,15 @@ qla1280_mailbox_command(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, uint8_t mr, uint16_t *mb)
 	/* Issue set host interrupt command. */
 
 	/* set up a timer just in case we're really jammed */
-	init_timer_on_stack(&timer);
-	timer.expires = jiffies + 20*HZ;
-	timer.data = (unsigned long)ha;
-	timer.function = qla1280_mailbox_timeout;
-	add_timer(&timer);
+	timer_setup(&ha->mailbox_timer, qla1280_mailbox_timeout, 0);
+	mod_timer(&ha->mailbox_timer, jiffies + 20 * HZ);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(ha->host->host_lock);
 	WRT_REG_WORD(&reg->host_cmd, HC_SET_HOST_INT);
 	data = qla1280_debounce_register(&reg->istatus);
 
 	wait_for_completion(&wait);
-	del_timer_sync(&timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&ha->mailbox_timer);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(ha->host->host_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.h b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.h
index 834884b9eed5..1522aca2c8c8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.h
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ struct scsi_qla_host {
 	struct list_head done_q;	/* Done queue */
 
 	struct completion *mailbox_wait;
+	struct timer_list mailbox_timer;
 
 	volatile struct {
 		uint32_t online:1;			/* 0 */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
index f852ca60c49f..3ad375f85b59 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ int qla24xx_async_abort_cmd(srb_t *);
  */
 extern struct scsi_host_template qla2xxx_driver_template;
 extern struct scsi_transport_template *qla2xxx_transport_vport_template;
-extern void qla2x00_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *);
-extern void qla2x00_start_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *, void *, unsigned long);
+extern void qla2x00_timer(struct timer_list *);
+extern void qla2x00_start_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *, unsigned long);
 extern void qla24xx_deallocate_vp_id(scsi_qla_host_t *);
 extern int qla24xx_disable_vp (scsi_qla_host_t *);
 extern int qla24xx_enable_vp (scsi_qla_host_t *);
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ extern int qla82xx_restart_isp(scsi_qla_host_t *);
 /* IOCB related functions */
 extern int qla82xx_start_scsi(srb_t *);
 extern void qla2x00_sp_free(void *);
-extern void qla2x00_sp_timeout(unsigned long);
+extern void qla2x00_sp_timeout(struct timer_list *);
 extern void qla2x00_bsg_job_done(void *, int);
 extern void qla2x00_bsg_sp_free(void *);
 extern void qla2x00_start_iocbs(struct scsi_qla_host *, struct req_que *);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index b5b48ddca962..44cf875a484a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ static void qla24xx_handle_prli_done_event(struct scsi_qla_host *,
 /* SRB Extensions ---------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 void
-qla2x00_sp_timeout(unsigned long __data)
+qla2x00_sp_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	srb_t *sp = (srb_t *)__data;
+	srb_t *sp = from_timer(sp, t, u.iocb_cmd.timer);
 	struct srb_iocb *iocb;
 	scsi_qla_host_t *vha = sp->vha;
 	struct req_que *req;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
index 9a2c86eacf44..17d2c20f1f75 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
@@ -269,10 +269,8 @@ qla2x00_rel_sp(srb_t *sp)
 static inline void
 qla2x00_init_timer(srb_t *sp, unsigned long tmo)
 {
-	init_timer(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer);
+	timer_setup(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer, qla2x00_sp_timeout, 0);
 	sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer.expires = jiffies + tmo * HZ;
-	sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer.data = (unsigned long)sp;
-	sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer.function = qla2x00_sp_timeout;
 	add_timer(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer);
 	sp->free = qla2x00_sp_free;
 	if (IS_QLAFX00(sp->vha->hw) && (sp->type == SRB_FXIOCB_DCMD))
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
index c0f8f6c17b79..cbf544dbf883 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ qla24xx_create_vhost(struct fc_vport *fc_vport)
 	atomic_set(&vha->loop_state, LOOP_DOWN);
 	atomic_set(&vha->loop_down_timer, LOOP_DOWN_TIME);
 
-	qla2x00_start_timer(vha, qla2x00_timer, WATCH_INTERVAL);
+	qla2x00_start_timer(vha, WATCH_INTERVAL);
 
 	vha->req = base_vha->req;
 	host->can_queue = base_vha->req->length + 128;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index dce42a416876..50286cf02eca 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -330,12 +330,10 @@ struct scsi_transport_template *qla2xxx_transport_vport_template = NULL;
  */
 
 __inline__ void
-qla2x00_start_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, void *func, unsigned long interval)
+qla2x00_start_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, unsigned long interval)
 {
-	init_timer(&vha->timer);
+	timer_setup(&vha->timer, qla2x00_timer, 0);
 	vha->timer.expires = jiffies + interval * HZ;
-	vha->timer.data = (unsigned long)vha;
-	vha->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))func;
 	add_timer(&vha->timer);
 	vha->timer_active = 1;
 }
@@ -3247,7 +3245,7 @@ skip_dpc:
 	base_vha->host->irq = ha->pdev->irq;
 
 	/* Initialized the timer */
-	qla2x00_start_timer(base_vha, qla2x00_timer, WATCH_INTERVAL);
+	qla2x00_start_timer(base_vha, WATCH_INTERVAL);
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_init, base_vha, 0x00ef,
 	    "Started qla2x00_timer with "
 	    "interval=%d.\n", WATCH_INTERVAL);
@@ -5996,8 +5994,9 @@ qla2x00_rst_aen(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 * Context: Interrupt
 ***************************************************************************/
 void
-qla2x00_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
+qla2x00_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	scsi_qla_host_t *vha = from_timer(vha, t, timer);
 	unsigned long	cpu_flags = 0;
 	int		start_dpc = 0;
 	int		index;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 64c6fa563fdb..2b8a8ce2a431 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -3955,16 +3955,15 @@ exit_session_conn_param:
 /*
  * Timer routines
  */
+static void qla4xxx_timer(struct timer_list *t);
 
-static void qla4xxx_start_timer(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, void *func,
+static void qla4xxx_start_timer(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 				unsigned long interval)
 {
 	DEBUG(printk("scsi: %s: Starting timer thread for adapter %d\n",
 		     __func__, ha->host->host_no));
-	init_timer(&ha->timer);
+	timer_setup(&ha->timer, qla4xxx_timer, 0);
 	ha->timer.expires = jiffies + interval * HZ;
-	ha->timer.data = (unsigned long)ha;
-	ha->timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))func;
 	add_timer(&ha->timer);
 	ha->timer_active = 1;
 }
@@ -4508,8 +4507,9 @@ static void qla4xxx_check_relogin_flash_ddb(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_sess)
  * qla4xxx_timer - checks every second for work to do.
  * @ha: Pointer to host adapter structure.
  **/
-static void qla4xxx_timer(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
+static void qla4xxx_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
+	struct scsi_qla_host *ha = from_timer(ha, t, timer);
 	int start_dpc = 0;
 	uint16_t w;
 
@@ -8805,7 +8805,7 @@ skip_retry_init:
 	ha->isp_ops->enable_intrs(ha);
 
 	/* Start timer thread. */
-	qla4xxx_start_timer(ha, qla4xxx_timer, 1);
+	qla4xxx_start_timer(ha, 1);
 
 	set_bit(AF_INIT_DONE, &ha->flags);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
index 83bdbd84eb01..90f6effc32b4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
@@ -2860,11 +2860,12 @@ out:
 
 #define PQI_HEARTBEAT_TIMER_INTERVAL	(10 * HZ)
 
-static void pqi_heartbeat_timer_handler(unsigned long data)
+static void pqi_heartbeat_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	int num_interrupts;
 	u32 heartbeat_count;
-	struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info = (struct pqi_ctrl_info *)data;
+	struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info = from_timer(ctrl_info, t,
+						     heartbeat_timer);
 
 	pqi_check_ctrl_health(ctrl_info);
 	if (pqi_ctrl_offline(ctrl_info))
@@ -2902,8 +2903,6 @@ static void pqi_start_heartbeat_timer(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info)
 
 	ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer.expires =
 		jiffies + PQI_HEARTBEAT_TIMER_INTERVAL;
-	ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer.data = (unsigned long)ctrl_info;
-	ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer.function = pqi_heartbeat_timer_handler;
 	add_timer(&ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer);
 }
 
@@ -6465,7 +6464,7 @@ static struct pqi_ctrl_info *pqi_alloc_ctrl_info(int numa_node)
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ctrl_info->rescan_work, pqi_rescan_worker);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ctrl_info->update_time_work, pqi_update_time_worker);
 
-	init_timer(&ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer);
+	timer_setup(&ctrl_info->heartbeat_timer, pqi_heartbeat_timer_handler, 0);
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl_info->ctrl_offline_work, pqi_ctrl_offline_worker);
 
 	sema_init(&ctrl_info->sync_request_sem,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
index 56f7be6af1f6..585925bb49a4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static const int NUM_CTL_LABELS = (MSG_CTL_END - MSG_CTL_START + 1);
 
 static void read_all_doc(struct vc_data *vc);
 static void cursor_done(u_long data);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(cursor_timer, cursor_done, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(cursor_timer, cursor_done);
 
 static void do_handle_shift(struct vc_data *vc, u_char value, char up_flag)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c
index a1ca68c76579..6ddd3fc3f08d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void thread_wake_up(u_long data)
 	wake_up_interruptible_all(&speakup_event);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(thread_timer, thread_wake_up, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(thread_timer, thread_wake_up);
 
 void synth_start(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index af12925a9d2b..de6ff59e3e65 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ 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;
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ 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));
 	}
 }
@@ -305,7 +304,6 @@ 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 {
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 5001261f5d69..9e67c7678c86 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ struct iscsi_np *iscsit_add_np(
 	init_completion(&np->np_restart_comp);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&np->np_list);
 
+	timer_setup(&np->np_login_timer, iscsi_handle_login_thread_timeout, 0);
+
 	ret = iscsi_target_setup_login_socket(np, sockaddr);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		kfree(np);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
index 7fe2aa73cff6..718fe9a1b709 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.c
@@ -749,9 +749,9 @@ int iscsit_check_post_dataout(
 	}
 }
 
-static void iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout(unsigned long data)
+void iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_session *sess = (struct iscsi_session *) data;
+	struct iscsi_session *sess = from_timer(sess, t, time2retain_timer);
 	struct iscsi_portal_group *tpg = sess->tpg;
 	struct se_portal_group *se_tpg = &tpg->tpg_se_tpg;
 
@@ -809,14 +809,10 @@ void iscsit_start_time2retain_handler(struct iscsi_session *sess)
 	pr_debug("Starting Time2Retain timer for %u seconds on"
 		" SID: %u\n", sess->sess_ops->DefaultTime2Retain, sess->sid);
 
-	init_timer(&sess->time2retain_timer);
-	sess->time2retain_timer.expires =
-		(get_jiffies_64() + sess->sess_ops->DefaultTime2Retain * HZ);
-	sess->time2retain_timer.data = (unsigned long)sess;
-	sess->time2retain_timer.function = iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout;
 	sess->time2retain_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	sess->time2retain_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&sess->time2retain_timer);
+	mod_timer(&sess->time2retain_timer,
+		  jiffies + sess->sess_ops->DefaultTime2Retain * HZ);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.h
index 3393407bc4e4..883ebf6d36cf 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl0.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern void iscsit_set_dataout_sequence_values(struct iscsi_cmd *);
 extern int iscsit_check_pre_dataout(struct iscsi_cmd *, unsigned char *);
 extern int iscsit_check_post_dataout(struct iscsi_cmd *, unsigned char *, u8);
 extern void iscsit_start_time2retain_handler(struct iscsi_session *);
+extern void iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 extern int iscsit_stop_time2retain_timer(struct iscsi_session *);
 extern void iscsit_connection_reinstatement_rcfr(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_cause_connection_reinstatement(struct iscsi_conn *, int);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.c
index fe9b7f1e44ac..76184094a0cf 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.c
@@ -1148,11 +1148,11 @@ static int iscsit_set_dataout_timeout_values(
 /*
  *	NOTE: Called from interrupt (timer) context.
  */
-static void iscsit_handle_dataout_timeout(unsigned long data)
+void iscsit_handle_dataout_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	u32 pdu_length = 0, pdu_offset = 0;
 	u32 r2t_length = 0, r2t_offset = 0;
-	struct iscsi_cmd *cmd = (struct iscsi_cmd *) data;
+	struct iscsi_cmd *cmd = from_timer(cmd, t, dataout_timer);
 	struct iscsi_conn *conn = cmd->conn;
 	struct iscsi_session *sess = NULL;
 	struct iscsi_node_attrib *na;
@@ -1264,13 +1264,9 @@ void iscsit_start_dataout_timer(
 	pr_debug("Starting DataOUT timer for ITT: 0x%08x on"
 		" CID: %hu.\n", cmd->init_task_tag, conn->cid);
 
-	init_timer(&cmd->dataout_timer);
-	cmd->dataout_timer.expires = (get_jiffies_64() + na->dataout_timeout * HZ);
-	cmd->dataout_timer.data = (unsigned long)cmd;
-	cmd->dataout_timer.function = iscsit_handle_dataout_timeout;
 	cmd->dataout_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	cmd->dataout_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&cmd->dataout_timer);
+	mod_timer(&cmd->dataout_timer, jiffies + na->dataout_timeout * HZ);
 }
 
 void iscsit_stop_dataout_timer(struct iscsi_cmd *cmd)
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.h
index 5f66b265b25b..1f6973f87fea 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_erl1.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern int iscsit_execute_ooo_cmdsns(struct iscsi_session *);
 extern int iscsit_execute_cmd(struct iscsi_cmd *, int);
 extern int iscsit_handle_ooo_cmdsn(struct iscsi_session *, struct iscsi_cmd *, u32);
 extern void iscsit_remove_ooo_cmdsn(struct iscsi_session *, struct iscsi_ooo_cmdsn *);
+extern void iscsit_handle_dataout_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 extern void iscsit_mod_dataout_timer(struct iscsi_cmd *);
 extern void iscsit_start_dataout_timer(struct iscsi_cmd *, struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_stop_dataout_timer(struct iscsi_cmd *);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
index dc13afbd4c88..64c5a57b92e4 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ static int iscsi_login_zero_tsih_s1(
 	spin_lock_init(&sess->session_usage_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&sess->ttt_lock);
 
+	timer_setup(&sess->time2retain_timer,
+		    iscsit_handle_time2retain_timeout, 0);
+
 	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
 	spin_lock_bh(&sess_idr_lock);
 	ret = idr_alloc(&sess_idr, NULL, 0, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
@@ -839,9 +842,9 @@ void iscsi_post_login_handler(
 	iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count(conn);
 }
 
-static void iscsi_handle_login_thread_timeout(unsigned long data)
+void iscsi_handle_login_thread_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_np *np = (struct iscsi_np *) data;
+	struct iscsi_np *np = from_timer(np, t, np_login_timer);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
 	pr_err("iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal %pISpc\n",
@@ -866,13 +869,9 @@ static void iscsi_start_login_thread_timer(struct iscsi_np *np)
 	 * point we do not have access to ISCSI_TPG_ATTRIB(tpg)->login_timeout
 	 */
 	spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
-	init_timer(&np->np_login_timer);
-	np->np_login_timer.expires = (get_jiffies_64() + TA_LOGIN_TIMEOUT * HZ);
-	np->np_login_timer.data = (unsigned long)np;
-	np->np_login_timer.function = iscsi_handle_login_thread_timeout;
 	np->np_login_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	np->np_login_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&np->np_login_timer);
+	mod_timer(&np->np_login_timer, jiffies + TA_LOGIN_TIMEOUT * HZ);
 
 	pr_debug("Added timeout timer to iSCSI login request for"
 			" %u seconds.\n", TA_LOGIN_TIMEOUT);
@@ -1266,6 +1265,10 @@ static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np)
 	pr_debug("Moving to TARG_CONN_STATE_FREE.\n");
 	conn->conn_state = TARG_CONN_STATE_FREE;
 
+	timer_setup(&conn->nopin_response_timer,
+		    iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout, 0);
+	timer_setup(&conn->nopin_timer, iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout, 0);
+
 	if (iscsit_conn_set_transport(conn, np->np_transport) < 0) {
 		kfree(conn);
 		return 1;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.h
index c2495e03625c..74ac3abc44a0 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.h
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ extern void iscsi_post_login_handler(struct iscsi_np *, struct iscsi_conn *, u8)
 extern void iscsi_target_login_sess_out(struct iscsi_conn *, struct iscsi_np *,
 				bool, bool);
 extern int iscsi_target_login_thread(void *);
+extern void iscsi_handle_login_thread_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 
 #endif   /*** ISCSI_TARGET_LOGIN_H ***/
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
index 7a6751fecd32..b686e2ce9c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_nego.c
@@ -559,9 +559,15 @@ static void iscsi_target_login_drop(struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_login
 	iscsi_target_login_sess_out(conn, np, zero_tsih, true);
 }
 
-static void iscsi_target_login_timeout(unsigned long data)
+struct conn_timeout {
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn;
+};
+
+static void iscsi_target_login_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = (struct iscsi_conn *)data;
+	struct conn_timeout *timeout = from_timer(timeout, t, timer);
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = timeout->conn;
 
 	pr_debug("Entering iscsi_target_login_timeout >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n");
 
@@ -580,7 +586,7 @@ static void iscsi_target_do_login_rx(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct iscsi_np *np = login->np;
 	struct iscsi_portal_group *tpg = conn->tpg;
 	struct iscsi_tpg_np *tpg_np = conn->tpg_np;
-	struct timer_list login_timer;
+	struct conn_timeout timeout;
 	int rc, zero_tsih = login->zero_tsih;
 	bool state;
 
@@ -618,15 +624,14 @@ static void iscsi_target_do_login_rx(struct work_struct *work)
 	conn->login_kworker = current;
 	allow_signal(SIGINT);
 
-	init_timer(&login_timer);
-	login_timer.expires = (get_jiffies_64() + TA_LOGIN_TIMEOUT * HZ);
-	login_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
-	login_timer.function = iscsi_target_login_timeout;
-	add_timer(&login_timer);
-	pr_debug("Starting login_timer for %s/%d\n", current->comm, current->pid);
+	timeout.conn = conn;
+	timer_setup_on_stack(&timeout.timer, iscsi_target_login_timeout, 0);
+	mod_timer(&timeout.timer, jiffies + TA_LOGIN_TIMEOUT * HZ);
+	pr_debug("Starting login timer for %s/%d\n", current->comm, current->pid);
 
 	rc = conn->conn_transport->iscsit_get_login_rx(conn, login);
-	del_timer_sync(&login_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&timeout.timer);
+	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timeout.timer);
 	flush_signals(current);
 	conn->login_kworker = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
index 1e36f83b5961..54f20f184dd6 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct iscsi_cmd *iscsit_allocate_cmd(struct iscsi_conn *conn, int state)
 	spin_lock_init(&cmd->istate_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&cmd->error_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&cmd->r2t_lock);
+	timer_setup(&cmd->dataout_timer, iscsit_handle_dataout_timeout, 0);
 
 	return cmd;
 }
@@ -880,9 +881,9 @@ static int iscsit_add_nopin(struct iscsi_conn *conn, int want_response)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout(unsigned long data)
+void iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = (struct iscsi_conn *) data;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = from_timer(conn, t, nopin_response_timer);
 
 	iscsit_inc_conn_usage_count(conn);
 
@@ -949,14 +950,10 @@ void iscsit_start_nopin_response_timer(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	init_timer(&conn->nopin_response_timer);
-	conn->nopin_response_timer.expires =
-		(get_jiffies_64() + na->nopin_response_timeout * HZ);
-	conn->nopin_response_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
-	conn->nopin_response_timer.function = iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout;
 	conn->nopin_response_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	conn->nopin_response_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&conn->nopin_response_timer);
+	mod_timer(&conn->nopin_response_timer,
+		  jiffies + na->nopin_response_timeout * HZ);
 
 	pr_debug("Started NOPIN Response Timer on CID: %d to %u"
 		" seconds\n", conn->cid, na->nopin_response_timeout);
@@ -980,9 +977,9 @@ void iscsit_stop_nopin_response_timer(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&conn->nopin_timer_lock);
 }
 
-static void iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout(unsigned long data)
+void iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct iscsi_conn *conn = (struct iscsi_conn *) data;
+	struct iscsi_conn *conn = from_timer(conn, t, nopin_timer);
 
 	iscsit_inc_conn_usage_count(conn);
 
@@ -1015,13 +1012,9 @@ void __iscsit_start_nopin_timer(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 	if (conn->nopin_timer_flags & ISCSI_TF_RUNNING)
 		return;
 
-	init_timer(&conn->nopin_timer);
-	conn->nopin_timer.expires = (get_jiffies_64() + na->nopin_timeout * HZ);
-	conn->nopin_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
-	conn->nopin_timer.function = iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout;
 	conn->nopin_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	conn->nopin_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&conn->nopin_timer);
+	mod_timer(&conn->nopin_timer, jiffies + na->nopin_timeout * HZ);
 
 	pr_debug("Started NOPIN Timer on CID: %d at %u second"
 		" interval\n", conn->cid, na->nopin_timeout);
@@ -1043,13 +1036,9 @@ void iscsit_start_nopin_timer(struct iscsi_conn *conn)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	init_timer(&conn->nopin_timer);
-	conn->nopin_timer.expires = (get_jiffies_64() + na->nopin_timeout * HZ);
-	conn->nopin_timer.data = (unsigned long)conn;
-	conn->nopin_timer.function = iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout;
 	conn->nopin_timer_flags &= ~ISCSI_TF_STOP;
 	conn->nopin_timer_flags |= ISCSI_TF_RUNNING;
-	add_timer(&conn->nopin_timer);
+	mod_timer(&conn->nopin_timer, jiffies + na->nopin_timeout * HZ);
 
 	pr_debug("Started NOPIN Timer on CID: %d at %u second"
 			" interval\n", conn->cid, na->nopin_timeout);
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.h b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.h
index 5e053d61c0c5..d66dfc212624 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.h
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.h
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ extern struct iscsi_conn *iscsit_get_conn_from_cid_rcfr(struct iscsi_session *,
 extern void iscsit_check_conn_usage_count(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_inc_conn_usage_count(struct iscsi_conn *);
+extern void iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 extern void iscsit_mod_nopin_response_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_start_nopin_response_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_stop_nopin_response_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
+extern void iscsit_handle_nopin_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
 extern void __iscsit_start_nopin_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_start_nopin_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
 extern void iscsit_stop_nopin_timer(struct iscsi_conn *);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/cyclades.c b/drivers/tty/cyclades.c
index d272bc4e7fb5..dac8a1a8e4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/cyclades.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/cyclades.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void cyz_poll(unsigned long);
 /* The Cyclades-Z polling cycle is defined by this variable */
 static long cyz_polling_cycle = CZ_DEF_POLL;
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(cyz_timerlist, cyz_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(cyz_timerlist, cyz_poll);
 
 #else				/* CONFIG_CYZ_INTR */
 static void cyz_rx_restart(unsigned long);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/isicom.c b/drivers/tty/isicom.c
index 61ecdd6b2fc2..40af32108ff5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/isicom.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/isicom.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static struct tty_driver *isicom_normal;
 static void isicom_tx(unsigned long _data);
 static void isicom_start(struct tty_struct *tty);
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(tx, isicom_tx, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(tx, isicom_tx);
 
 /*   baud index mappings from linux defns to isi */
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/moxa.c b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
index 7f3d4cb0341b..93d37655d928 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/moxa.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static const struct tty_port_operations moxa_port_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct tty_driver *moxaDriver;
-static DEFINE_TIMER(moxaTimer, moxa_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(moxaTimer, moxa_poll);
 
 /*
  * HW init
diff --git a/drivers/tty/rocket.c b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
index 20d79a6007d5..aa695fda1084 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static struct r_port *rp_table[MAX_RP_PORTS];	       /*  The main repository of
 static unsigned int xmit_flags[NUM_BOARDS];	       /*  Bit significant, indicates port had data to transmit. */
 						       /*  eg.  Bit 0 indicates port 0 has xmit data, ...        */
 static atomic_t rp_num_ports_open;	               /*  Number of serial ports open                           */
-static DEFINE_TIMER(rocket_timer, rp_do_poll, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(rocket_timer, rp_do_poll);
 
 static unsigned long board1;	                       /* ISA addresses, retrieved from rocketport.conf          */
 static unsigned long board2;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index f4166263bb3a..f974d6340d04 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void kd_nosound(unsigned long ignored)
 	input_handler_for_each_handle(&kbd_handler, &zero, kd_sound_helper);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(kd_mksound_timer, kd_nosound, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(kd_mksound_timer, kd_nosound);
 
 void kd_mksound(unsigned int hz, unsigned int ticks)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 2ebaba16f785..602d71630952 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int scrollback_delta;
  */
 int (*console_blank_hook)(int);
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(console_timer, blank_screen_t, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(console_timer, blank_screen_t);
 static int blank_state;
 static int blank_timer_expired;
 enum {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
index b3fc602b2e24..5ad74750e8a4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
@@ -576,11 +576,16 @@ alloc_sglist(int nents, int max, int vary, struct usbtest_dev *dev, int pipe)
 	return sg;
 }
 
-static void sg_timeout(unsigned long _req)
+struct sg_timeout {
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct usb_sg_request *req;
+};
+
+static void sg_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct usb_sg_request	*req = (struct usb_sg_request *) _req;
+	struct sg_timeout *timeout = from_timer(timeout, t, timer);
 
-	usb_sg_cancel(req);
+	usb_sg_cancel(timeout->req);
 }
 
 static int perform_sglist(
@@ -594,9 +599,11 @@ static int perform_sglist(
 {
 	struct usb_device	*udev = testdev_to_usbdev(tdev);
 	int			retval = 0;
-	struct timer_list	sg_timer;
+	struct sg_timeout	timeout = {
+		.req = req,
+	};
 
-	setup_timer_on_stack(&sg_timer, sg_timeout, (unsigned long) req);
+	timer_setup_on_stack(&timeout.timer, sg_timeout, 0);
 
 	while (retval == 0 && iterations-- > 0) {
 		retval = usb_sg_init(req, udev, pipe,
@@ -607,13 +614,14 @@ static int perform_sglist(
 
 		if (retval)
 			break;
-		mod_timer(&sg_timer, jiffies +
+		mod_timer(&timeout.timer, jiffies +
 				msecs_to_jiffies(SIMPLE_IO_TIMEOUT));
 		usb_sg_wait(req);
-		if (!del_timer_sync(&sg_timer))
+		if (!del_timer_sync(&timeout.timer))
 			retval = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		else
 			retval = req->status;
+		destroy_timer_on_stack(&timeout.timer);
 
 		/* FIXME check resulting data pattern */
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
index 665e0e7dfe1e..18e896eeca62 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_gpio,
 		"Use the gpio watchdog (required by old cobalt boards).");
 
 static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 1);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
  *	Whack the dog
  */
 
-static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long data)
+static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long unused)
 {
 	/* If we got a heartbeat pulse within the WDT_US_INTERVAL
 	 * we agree to ping the WDT
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
index 3d43775548e5..aee0b25cf10d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ static void cpwd_resetbrokentimer(struct cpwd *p, int index)
  * interrupts within the PLD so me must continually
  * reset the timers ad infinitum.
  */
-static void cpwd_brokentimer(unsigned long data)
+static void cpwd_brokentimer(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
-	struct cpwd *p = (struct cpwd *) data;
+	struct cpwd *p = cpwd_device;
 	int id, tripped = 0;
 
 	/* kill a running timer instance, in case we
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void cpwd_stoptimer(struct cpwd *p, int index)
 
 		if (p->broken) {
 			p->devs[index].runstatus |= WD_STAT_BSTOP;
-			cpwd_brokentimer((unsigned long) p);
+			cpwd_brokentimer(NULL);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int cpwd_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 	}
 
 	if (p->broken) {
-		setup_timer(&cpwd_timer, cpwd_brokentimer, (unsigned long)p);
+		timer_setup(&cpwd_timer, cpwd_brokentimer, 0);
 		cpwd_timer.expires	= WD_BTIMEOUT;
 
 		pr_info("PLD defect workaround enabled for model %s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
index 3b8bb59adf02..b4221f43cd94 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ static int lpc18xx_wdt_feed(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed(unsigned long data)
+static void lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev = (struct watchdog_device *)data;
-	struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt_dev);
+	struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt = from_timer(lpc18xx_wdt, t, timer);
+	struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev = &lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev;
 
 	lpc18xx_wdt_feed(wdt_dev);
 
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ static void lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed(unsigned long data)
  */
 static int lpc18xx_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev)
 {
-	lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed((unsigned long)wdt_dev);
+	struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt_dev);
+
+	lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -267,8 +269,7 @@ static int lpc18xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	__lpc18xx_wdt_set_timeout(lpc18xx_wdt);
 
-	setup_timer(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer, lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed,
-		    (unsigned long)&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
+	timer_setup(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer, lpc18xx_wdt_timer_feed, 0);
 
 	watchdog_set_nowayout(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev, nowayout);
 	watchdog_set_restart_priority(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev, 128);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
index 9826b59ef734..8a616a57bb90 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static int zf_action = GEN_RESET;
 static unsigned long zf_is_open;
 static char zf_expect_close;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zf_port_lock);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(zf_timer, zf_ping, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(zf_timer, zf_ping);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
index be86ea359eee..c9e38096ea91 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static unsigned long mixcomwd_opened; /* long req'd for setbit --RR */
 
 static int watchdog_port;
 static int mixcomwd_timer_alive;
-static DEFINE_TIMER(mixcomwd_timer, mixcomwd_timerfun, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(mixcomwd_timer, mixcomwd_timerfun);
 static char expect_close;
 
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
index 2eef58a0cf05..8d589939bc84 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
 static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
index 1cfd3f6a13d5..3e9bbaa37bf4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 static __u16 __iomem *wdtmrctl;
 
 static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/via_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/via_wdt.c
index 5f9cbc37520d..ad3c3be13b40 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/via_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/via_wdt.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct resource wdt_res;
 static void __iomem *wdt_mem;
 static unsigned int mmio;
 static void wdt_timer_tick(unsigned long data);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_tick, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_tick);
 					/* The timer that pings the watchdog */
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;	/* the next_heartbeat for the timer */
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
index f0483c75ed32..ba6b680af100 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
 static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
index 2c6a9114d332..a8721d718186 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ struct deferred_entry {
 };
 static LIST_HEAD(deferred_list);
 static void gnttab_handle_deferred(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(deferred_timer, gnttab_handle_deferred, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(deferred_timer, gnttab_handle_deferred);
 
 static void gnttab_handle_deferred(unsigned long unused)
 {