Re: [PATCHv4] virtio-blk: use ida to allocate disk index

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On 2011-10-30 20:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Based on a patch by Mark Wu <dwu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Current index allocation in virtio-blk is based on a monotonically
> increasing variable "index". This means we'll run out of numbers
> after a while.  It also could cause confusion about the disk
> name in the case of hot-plugging disks.
> Change virtio-blk to use ida to allocate index, instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Changes from Mark's versions:
>  use the new ida_simple_get
>  error handling cleanup
>  fix user after free
> 
> Works fine for me.
> 
> Jens, could you merge this for 3.2?
> That is, unless Rusty complains shortly ...

Yep, tentatively added.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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