linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple

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Message-ID: <ZaVy9r0wX8pUE10n@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 18:01:26 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 06:53:37PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> ida_alloc() and ida_free() should be preferred to the deprecated
> ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove().
> 
> Note that the upper limit of ida_simple_get() is exclusive, but the one of
> ida_alloc_max() is inclusive. So a -1 has been added when needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>