Re: [PATCH net-next v9 07/13] ptp: Move from simple ida to xarray

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On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 18:47:37 -0800
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:39:58 +0100 Kory Maincent wrote:
> > +static DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(ptp_clocks_map, XA_FLAGS_LOCK_IRQ |
> > XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);  
> 
> Why _IRQ? anything on the fastpath hopefully has a pointer to the clock
> already, I'd hope. And we often reserve ID 0 as invalid.

To keep the same flag as IDA_INIT_FLAGS, I am not expert in xarray so I just
keep it without questioning it. Do you think I should remove it?

ID 0 was valid for phc. IMHO makes it invalid is not a good idea, it
will change the phc id value for current board on the field.

> 
> BTW could be a standalone patch, Xarray conversion from IDA is an
> improvement in itself.

Indeed. Do you prefer this patch to be standalone?

Regards,
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com





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