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Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get()

From Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get()
Date 2017-09-25 15:50 +0200
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 09:20:07AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > +++ b/lib/idr.c
> > @@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ void *idr_get_next_ext(struct idr *idr, unsigned
> > long *nextid)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_get_next_ext);
> >  
> > +void * idr_get(struct idr *idr, int *id)
> > +{
> > +	struct radix_tree_node *node;
> > +	void __rcu **slot = NULL;
> > +
> > +	__radix_tree_lookup(&idr->idr_rt, *id, &node, &slot);
> > +	if (!slot)
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	return node;
> > +}
> 
> I should have noticed this (much) earlier, but doesn't idr_get do
> essentially the same thing as idr_find?
> 
> Also, wouldn't you want to return the pid pointer from slot,
> rather than a pointer to the entire radix tree node?

It also seems rather odd to pass id by reference here just to
dereference it a little later.

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[PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get() Gargi Sharma <gs051095@gmail.com> - 2017-09-25 15:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get() Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> - 2017-09-25 15:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get() Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-09-25 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2017-09-25 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] idr: Add a function idr_get() Gargi Sharma <gs051095@gmail.com> - 2017-09-25 19:50 +0200

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