linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipc/util.c: Cleanup and improve sysvipc_find

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Date:   Fri, 5 Aug 2022 11:26:37 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, 1vier1@....de,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc/util.c: Cleanup and improve sysvipc_find_ipc(), V3

On Fri, 05 Aug 2022, Manfred Spraul wrote:

>sysvipc_find_ipc() can be simplified further:
>
>- It uses a for() loop to locate the next entry in the idr.
>  This can be replaced with idr_get_next().
>
>- It receives two parameters (pos - which is actually
>  an idr index and not a position, and new_pos, which
>  is really a position).
>  One parameter is sufficient.
>

Makes sense to me.

Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>