linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] idr: implement idr_alloc() and convert existing users

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Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2013 13:15:37 -0500
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, skinsbursky@...allels.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, jmorris@...ei.org, axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] idr: implement idr_alloc() and convert existing users

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 09:11:28AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 09:10:31AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Yeah, that should be easily convertable to the new interface.  How
> > should we route these changes?  Your patch can go through the usual
> > nfs channel and the conversion and deprecation patches can be held off
> > until after -rc1.  Does that sound okay?
> 
> Ooh, BTW, the cyclic allocation is broken.  It's prone to -ENOSPC
> after the first wraparound.  There are several cyclic users in the
> kernel and I think it probably would be best to implement cyclic
> support in idr.

Ugh.  OK, well it'll take some work to wrap that around, so it's
probably not urgent for nfsd.

--b.
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