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Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:25:04 +1030 From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> Subject: Re: [PATCHv4] virtio-blk: use ida to allocate disk index On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:55 +0100, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote: > On 2011-10-30 20:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Based on a patch by Mark Wu <dwu@...hat.com> > > > > Current index allocation in virtio-blk is based on a monotonically > > increasing variable "index". This means we'll run out of numbers > > after a while. It also could cause confusion about the disk > > name in the case of hot-plugging disks. > > Change virtio-blk to use ida to allocate index, instead. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> > > --- > > > > Changes from Mark's versions: > > use the new ida_simple_get > > error handling cleanup > > fix user after free > > > > Works fine for me. > > > > Jens, could you merge this for 3.2? > > That is, unless Rusty complains shortly ... > > Yep, tentatively added. Thanks! Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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