linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 01/12] kernfs: use idr instead of ida to manage inode number

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:51:29 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        tj@...nel.org, hch@....de, axboe@...com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        lizefan@...wei.com, Kernel-team@...com, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 01/12] kernfs: use idr instead of ida to manage inode
 number

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 09:29:51AM -0700, Shaohua Li wrote:
> From: Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
> 
> kernfs uses ida to manage inode number. The problem is we can't get
> kernfs_node from inode number with ida. Switching to use idr, next patch
> will add an API to get kernfs_node from inode number.
> 
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@...com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>