netdev - Re: [Patch net-next v2] net_sched: use idr to allocate u32 filter handles

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:36:01 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chris Mi <chrism@...lanox.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next v2] net_sched: use idr to allocate u32 filter
 handles

Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 01:13:46AM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Interesting, any idea why this is not 0x7FFFFFFF as well?
>>
>> I wonder if we could have 0x7FFFFFFF magic defined somewhere.
>
>I have no idea, it just exists for a rather long time. Probably too late
>to change, or at least requires a separate patch to change it.

Sure, not saying that you have to do it in this patch. I just wonder if
we could unify this.