From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCHv4] virtio-blk: use ida to allocate disk index Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:25:04 +1030 Message-ID: <8762j4wwbr.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <20111030192959.GA31143@redhat.com> <4EAE48D3.4090504@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4EAE48D3.4090504@kernel.dk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Jens Axboe , "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Tejun Heo , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:55 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2011-10-30 20:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Based on a patch by Mark Wu > > > > Current index allocation in virtio-blk is based on a monotonically > > increasing variable "index". This means we'll run out of numbers > > after a while. It also could cause confusion about the disk > > name in the case of hot-plugging disks. > > Change virtio-blk to use ida to allocate index, instead. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > > --- > > > > Changes from Mark's versions: > > use the new ida_simple_get > > error handling cleanup > > fix user after free > > > > Works fine for me. > > > > Jens, could you merge this for 3.2? > > That is, unless Rusty complains shortly ... > > Yep, tentatively added. Thanks! Acked-by: Rusty Russell Cheers, Rusty.