linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] drm: Use XArray instead of IDR for minors

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Message-ID: <ZO459g+fCBxbwTAF@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:33:26 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     James Zhu <jamesz@....com>
Cc:     Michał Winiarski <michal.winiarski@...el.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        James Zhu <James.Zhu@....com>,
        Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@...labora.com>,
        Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] drm: Use XArray instead of IDR for minors

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 01:34:22PM -0400, James Zhu wrote:
> > > > @@ -1067,7 +1055,7 @@ static void drm_core_exit(void)
> > > >    	unregister_chrdev(DRM_MAJOR, "drm");
> > > >    	debugfs_remove(drm_debugfs_root);
> > > >    	drm_sysfs_destroy();
> > > > -	idr_destroy(&drm_minors_idr);
> > > [JZ] Should we call xa_destroy instead here?
> > We could, if we expect the xarray to potentially not be empty.
> >  From what I understand - all minors should be released at this point.
> [JZ] In practice,  adding destroy here will be better.

Why do you say that?