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.)