netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/6] net: ethtool: attach an IDR of custom RSS contexts to a netdevice

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Message-ID: <20230404163619.43efc7b7@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2023 16:36:19 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
Cc:     edward.cree@....com, linux-net-drivers@....com,
        davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, habetsm.xilinx@...il.com,
        sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/6] net: ethtool: attach an IDR of custom
 RSS contexts to a netdevice

On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 12:30:42 +0100 Edward Cree wrote:
> > Isn't IDR just a legacy wrapper around xarray anyway?  
> 
> I see it as a *convenience* wrapper.  Is it deprecated?

Hm, I'm not so sure what the relation between idr and xarray
is after glancing at the code.
I'm more used to seeing xarray these days but if you prefer 
to keep the IDR it's fine.