1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>init_timer_key</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="up" href="ch01s03.html" title="Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines"><link rel="prev" href="API-set-timer-slack.html" title="set_timer_slack"><link rel="next" href="API-mod-timer-pending.html" title="mod_timer_pending"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">init_timer_key</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-set-timer-slack.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-mod-timer-pending.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-init-timer-key"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>init_timer_key &#8212; 
2     initialize a timer
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">init_timer_key </b>(</code></td><td>struct timer_list * <var class="pdparam">timer</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">flags</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>struct lock_class_key * <var class="pdparam">key</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1107009156"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>timer</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the timer to be initialized
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     timer flags
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     name of the timer
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>key</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     lockdep class key of the fake lock used for tracking timer
11     sync lock dependencies
12    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1107013732"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
13   <code class="function">init_timer_key</code> must be done to a timer prior calling *any* of the
14   other timer functions.
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