On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:45:13 PM CEST Alex Elder wrote:
> On 8/25/21 12:20 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > On Monday, August 16, 2021 4:46:08 PM CEST Alex Elder wrote:
> >> On 8/14/21 1:11 PM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> >>> Convert greybus/uart.c from IDR to XArray. The abstract data type XArray
> >>> is more memory-efficient, parallelisable, and cache friendly. It takes
> >>> advantage of RCU to perform lookups without locking. Furthermore, IDR is
> >>> deprecated because XArray has a better (cleaner and more consistent) API.
> >>
> >> I haven't verified the use of the new API (yet) but I have a few
> >> comments on your patch, below.
> >>
> >> -Alex
> >
> > Dear Alex,
> >
> > On August 16th I submitted the v3 of my patch ("staging: greybus: Convert uart.c
> > from IDR to XArray"), with changes based on the comments you provided.
>
> Yes, I intend to review version 3. I'm sorry I didn't respond to
> your earlier message; I am on vacation this week.
>
> -Alex
Oh, there's no hurry, sorry to bother you while on vacation.
Even kernel hackers deserve a vacation at least once a year or two... :-)
Thanks,
Fabio
> >
> > Could you please take a few minutes to review this too? I would really appreciate it.
> >
> > The v3 patch is at https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210816195000.736-1-fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fabio
> >
> > P.S.: I'd also like to know if you think it's worth converting IDA to XArray in order
> > to improve the Greybus driver in staging.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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