[PATCH] jbd: embed j_commit_timer in journal struct

The kjournald timer is currently on the kernel thread's stack and the journal
structure points at it.  Save a pointer hop by moving the timer into the
journal structure.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

fs/jbd/journal.c

@@ -111,18 +111,17 @@ static void commit_timeout(unsigned long __data)
 
 static int kjournald(void *arg)
 {
-	journal_t *journal = (journal_t *) arg;
+	journal_t *journal = arg;
 	transaction_t *transaction;
-	struct timer_list timer;
 
 	daemonize("kjournald");
 
-	/* Set up an interval timer which can be used to trigger a
-           commit wakeup after the commit interval expires */
-	init_timer(&timer);
-	timer.data = (unsigned long) current;
-	timer.function = commit_timeout;
-	journal->j_commit_timer = &timer;
+	/*
+	 * Set up an interval timer which can be used to trigger a commit wakeup
+	 * after the commit interval expires
+	 */
+	setup_timer(&journal->j_commit_timer, commit_timeout,
+			(unsigned long)current);
 
 	/* Record that the journal thread is running */
 	journal->j_task = current;
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ loop:
 	if (journal->j_commit_sequence != journal->j_commit_request) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "OK, requests differ\n");
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		del_timer_sync(journal->j_commit_timer);
+		del_timer_sync(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 		journal_commit_transaction(journal);
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		goto loop;
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ loop:
 
 end_loop:
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	del_timer_sync(journal->j_commit_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 	journal->j_task = NULL;
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
 	jbd_debug(1, "Journal thread exiting.\n");

fs/jbd/transaction.c

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ get_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
 	spin_lock_init(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 
 	/* Set up the commit timer for the new transaction. */
-	journal->j_commit_timer->expires = transaction->t_expires;
-	add_timer(journal->j_commit_timer);
+	journal->j_commit_timer.expires = transaction->t_expires;
+	add_timer(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction == NULL);
 	journal->j_running_transaction = transaction;

include/linux/jbd.h

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ struct journal_s
 	unsigned long		j_commit_interval;
 
 	/* The timer used to wakeup the commit thread: */
-	struct timer_list	*j_commit_timer;
+	struct timer_list	j_commit_timer;
 
 	/*
 	 * The revoke table: maintains the list of revoked blocks in the