-/**
- * add_timer - start a timer
- * @timer: the timer to be added
- *
- * The kernel will do a ->function(->data) callback from the
- * timer interrupt at the ->expires point in the future. The
- * current time is 'jiffies'.
- *
- * The timer's ->expires, ->function (and if the handler uses it, ->data)
- * fields must be set prior calling this function.
- *
- * Timers with an ->expires field in the past will be executed in the next
- * timer tick.
- */
-static inline void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
-{
- BUG_ON(timer_pending(timer));
- __mod_timer(timer, timer->expires);
-}