struct timer_list

Data structure to store dynamic timer

• for device driver

• no limited length

Use case

• schedule_timeout()

• Tick jiffies

struct timer_list timer;
init_timer(&timer);
timer.expires = timeout + jiffies 
timer.data = current
timer.function = process_timeout
add_timer(&timer)

Members

• timer_list.expires

• timer_list.data

• timer_list.function