Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: uart: replace DEFINE_IDR with DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 01:12:00AM +0530, Rahul Joshi wrote:
> DEFINE_IDR is deprecated in favour of DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC. Replace the
> tty_minors IDR with an XArray and update all call sites:
> 
>   idr_alloc()  -> xa_alloc()
>   idr_find()   -> xa_load()
>   idr_remove() -> xa_erase()
>   idr_destroy() -> xa_destroy()
> 
> Also remove the now-unused <linux/idr.h> include and add
> <linux/xarray.h>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Joshi <rj5547884@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

I am pretty sure I have rejected this same patch multiple times in the
past.  Please see the mailing list archives for why.

thanks,

greg k-h