ida_alloc() and ida_free() should be preferred to the deprecated ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove(). This is less verbose. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch has been sent about 3 months ago [1]. A gentle reminder has been sent 1 month later [2]. Neither one got any reply. So, I'm adding Andrew Morton in To:, in order to help in the merge process. Context: ======= All patches to remove the ida_simple API have been sent. Matthew Wilcox seems happy with the on going work. (see [3]) Based on next-20240412 $git grep ida_simple_get | wc -l 25 Based on next-20240220 $git grep ida_simple_get | wc -l 36 https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc3/A/ident/ida_simple_get 50 https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.7.4/A/ident/ida_simple_get 81 Thanks CJ [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/9c092dc6db15984d98732510bb052bb00683489b.1705005258.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/994d0c38-6307-4da0-8e9d-c70972372149@xxxxxxxxxx/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZaqruGVz734zjxrZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ --- drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c index cc7f879bb175..86c8efecd7c2 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ intel_th_alloc(struct device *dev, const struct intel_th_drvdata *drvdata, if (!th) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - th->id = ida_simple_get(&intel_th_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL); + th->id = ida_alloc(&intel_th_ida, GFP_KERNEL); if (th->id < 0) { err = th->id; goto err_alloc; @@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ intel_th_alloc(struct device *dev, const struct intel_th_drvdata *drvdata, "intel_th/output"); err_ida: - ida_simple_remove(&intel_th_ida, th->id); + ida_free(&intel_th_ida, th->id); err_alloc: kfree(th); @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ void intel_th_free(struct intel_th *th) __unregister_chrdev(th->major, 0, TH_POSSIBLE_OUTPUTS, "intel_th/output"); - ida_simple_remove(&intel_th_ida, th->id); + ida_free(&intel_th_ida, th->id); kfree(th); } -- 2.44.0