Re: [PATCH 1/3] xarray: add xa_set

Christoph Hellwig
2024-08-12T12:28:56Z

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 01:25:11PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 08:31:00AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Add a convenience wrapper or xa_store that returns an error value when
> > there is an existing entry instead of the old entry. This simplifies
> > code that wants to check that it is never overwriting an existing
> > entry.
>
> How is that different from xa_insert()?

They do look the same from a very quick glance, no idea why I missed
it. That's even better than having to invent new helpers.