netdev - Re: [Devel] [PATCH 1/14][NETNS]: Introduce the net-subsys id generator.

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Message-ID: <6599ad830804101037m29d59f8dh85e27ceefc76f8f2@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:37:53 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Pavel Emelyanov" <xemul@...nvz.org>
Cc:	"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Containers" <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"Denis Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>,
	"Benjamin Thery" <benjamin.thery@...l.net>
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH 1/14][NETNS]: Introduce the net-subsys id generator.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org> wrote:
>  +int register_pernet_gen_device(int *id, struct pernet_operations *ops)
>  +{
>  +       int error;
>  +       mutex_lock(&net_mutex);
>  +again:
>  +       error = ida_get_new_above(&net_generic_ids, 1, id);
>  +       if (error) {
>  +               if (error == -EAGAIN) {
>  +                       ida_pre_get(&net_generic_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
>  +                       goto again;
>  +               }

Shouldn't you handle non-EAGAIN errors here?

Paul
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