On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 01:52:48PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
Whether the API is better is debatable. As I said, almost no drivers use the new XArray interface, and perhaps partly because the new interface isn't as intuitive as has been claimed (e.g. xa_load() instead of ida_find()). And IDR/IDA isn't marked/documented as deprecated as far as I know.
I can't just slap a 'deprecated' attribute on it. That'll cause a storm of warnings. What would you suggest I do to warn people that this interface is deprecated and I would like to remove it?
Why do you think that idr_find() is more intuitive than xa_load()? The 'find' verb means that you search for something. But it doesn't search for anything; it just returns the pointer at that index. 'find' should return the next non-NULL pointer at-or-above a given index.