linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rpmb: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple

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Message-ID: <2024101529-shakiness-cognition-dab2@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:51:12 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rpmb: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx()
 API

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 06:53:56PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 14/10/2024 à 12:38, Jens Wiklander a écrit :
> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:53 PM Christophe JAILLET
> > <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
> > > 
> > > ida_alloc() and ida_free() should be preferred to the deprecated
> > > ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove().
> > > 
> > > This is less verbose.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> > > ---
> > > The ida_simple_get()/ida_simple_remove() API was close to be removed (see
> > > [1]). A usage has been re-introduced with this new driver :(
> > > 
> > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1722853349.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/
> > 
> > I'm picking up this for v6.13. I guess your patch set now depends on
> > this patch. I can ack the patch instead and let you include it in your
> > patch set if it's more convenient. Please let me know what you prefer
> > to avoid potential conflicts.
> 
> Greg has already picked both patches in char-misc-testing. [1], [2].
> 
> Let it flow from his trees.
> 
> I'll wait the next cycle to resend my serie [3] or char-misc could take it
> as well. Both solution are fine with me.
> 
> 
> Greg, if you prefer the later, I can resend the serie if more convenient to
> you.
> 
> CJ
> 
> 
> [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?h=char-misc-testing&id=dfc881abca4247dcf453ce206f05fe09b51be158
> 
> [2]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?h=char-misc-testing&id=3b0889f95789aa90b0f1a6921d5d6b151f2e53ae
> 
> [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1722853349.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/

If this is the last users that got taken away in my tree, I'll be glad
to take the removal series as well, so please send it on!

thanks,

greg k-h