linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] idr: don't need to shink the free list when idr

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Message-ID: <20140418171920.GF23576@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:19:20 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...bit.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] idr: don't need to shink the free list when
 idr_remove()

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 08:49:54PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> After idr subsystem is changed to RCU-awared, the free layer will not go to
> the free list. The free list will not be filled up when idr_remove().
> So we don't need to shink it too.
> 
> "#ifndef TEST" can't work for user space test now, just remove it.

Maybe put this in a separate patch?

> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

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tejun
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