Re: [PATCH net-next] ptp: Move from simple ida to xarray

[Köry Maincent]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 21:07:45 +0000
Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 11:03:26AM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> > Move from simple ida to xarray for storing and loading the ptp_clock
> > pointer. This prepares support for future hardware timestamp selection by
> > being able to link the ptp clock index to its pointer.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> ...
> 
> > @@ -246,11 +246,10 @@ struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock_register(struct
> > ptp_clock_info *info, if (ptp == NULL)
> >  		goto no_memory;
> >  
> > -	index = ida_alloc_max(&ptp_clocks_map, MINORMASK, GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	if (index < 0) {
> > -		err = index;
> > +	err = xa_alloc(&ptp_clocks_map, &index, ptp, xa_limit_31b,
> > +		       GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (err)
> >  		goto no_slot;
> > -	}
> >  
> >  	ptp->clock.ops = ptp_clock_ops;
> >  	ptp->info = info;  
> 
> Hi Kory,
> 
> Prior to this change err was -ENOMEM at this point. Now it is 0.

You are totally right. Thanks for reporting the issue!

Regards,
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Köry Maincent, Bootlin
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