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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] staging: greybus: Convert uart.c from IDR to XArray
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 09:46:08AM -0500, 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
>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
>
> I'm not sure I'm right about this... But the actual change you're
> making has nothing to do with what the Intel test robot reported.
> I personally find the "Reported-by" here a little misleading, but
> maybe the "Link" line that gets added will provide explanation.
>
> Anyway, unless someone else contradicts/corrects me, I'd rather
> not have the "Reported-by" here (despite wanting to provide much
> credit to <lkp@intel.com>...).

You are correct, "Reported-by:" does not make sense here.

thanks,

greg k-h

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