Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jul 2022 07:59:22 -0700 | From | Ira Weiny <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] xarray: Introduce devm_xa_init() |
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On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 03:53:50PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 04:21:57PM -0700, ira.weiny@intel.com wrote: > > The main issue I see with this is defining devm_xa_init() in device.h. > > This makes sense because a device is required to use the call. However, > > I'm worried about if users will find the call there vs including it in > > xarray.h? > > Honestly, I don't want users to find it. This only makes sense if you're > already bought in to the devm cult. I worry people will think that > they don't need to do anything else; that everything will be magically > freed for them, and we'll leak the objects pointed to from the xarray. > I don't even like having xa_destroy() in the API, because of exactly this. >
Fair enough. Are you ok with the concept though?
Ira
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