netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 12/22] devlink: convert snapshot id getter to return an error

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Date:   Mon, 2 Mar 2020 18:44:17 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, valex@...lanox.com, linyunsheng@...wei.com,
        lihong.yang@...el.com, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 12/22] devlink: convert snapshot id getter to
 return an error

Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 12:22:11AM CET, jacob.e.keller@...el.com wrote:
>Modify the devlink_snapshot_id_get function to return a signed value,
>enabling reporting an error on failure.
>
>This enables easily refactoring how IDs are generated and kept track of
>in the future. For now, just report ENOSPC once INT_MAX snapshot ids
>have been returned.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>