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

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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:25:38 +0200
From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
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

Le 15/01/2024 à 19:01, Matthew Wilcox a écrit :
> 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>
> 
> 

Hi,

polite minder ;-)

CJ