DEL_TIMER

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

del_timer - deactive a timer.  

SYNOPSIS

int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
 

ARGUMENTS

timer

the timer to be deactivated
 

DESCRIPTION

del_timer deactivates a timer - this works on both active and inactive timers.

The function returns whether it has deactivated a pending timer or not. (ie. del_timer of an inactive timer returns 0, del_timer of an active timer returns 1.)  

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