linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: flower: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple

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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 19:03:29 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Louis Peens <louis.peens@...igine.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	alexis.lothore@...tlin.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: flower: Remove usage of the deprecated
 ida_simple_xx() API

On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 10:10:37AM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> ida_alloc() and ida_free() should be preferred to the deprecated
> ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove().
> 
> This is less verbose.
> 
> Note that the upper bound of ida_alloc_range() is inclusive while the one
> of ida_simple_get() was exclusive.
> So NFP_FL_LAG_GROUP_MAX has been decreased by 1. It now better watch the
> comment stating that "1 to 31 are valid".
> 
> The only other user of NFP_FL_LAG_GROUP_MAX has been updated accordingly in
> nfp_fl_lag_put_unprocessed().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>