netdev - Re: [PATCH] genetlink: use idr_alloc_cyclic for family->id assignment

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Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:00:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     marcel@...tmann.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genetlink: use idr_alloc_cyclic for family->id
 assignment

From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:18:53 +0200

> When allocating the next family->id it makes more sense to use
> idr_alloc_cyclic to avoid re-using a previously used family->id as much
> as possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>

Applied, thanks Marcel.