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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/idr.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c index 322e2816f2f..cca4b9302a7 100644 --- a/lib/idr.c +++ b/lib/idr.c @@ -495,6 +495,33 @@ int idr_alloc(struct idr *idr, void *ptr, int start, int end, gfp_t gfp_mask) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(idr_alloc); +/** + * idr_alloc_cyclic - allocate new idr entry in a cyclical fashion + * @idr: the (initialized) idr + * @ptr: pointer to be associated with the new id + * @start: the minimum id (inclusive) + * @end: the maximum id (exclusive, <= 0 for max) + * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags + * + * Essentially the same as idr_alloc, but prefers to allocate progressively + * higher ids if it can. If the "cur" counter wraps, then it will start again + * at the "start" end of the range and allocate one that has already been used. + */ +int idr_alloc_cyclic(struct idr *idr, void *ptr, int start, int end, + gfp_t gfp_mask) +{ + int id; + + id = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, max(start, idr->cur), end, gfp_mask); + if (id == -ENOSPC) + id = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, start, end, gfp_mask); + + if (likely(id >= 0)) + idr->cur = id + 1; + return id; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_alloc_cyclic); + static void idr_remove_warning(int id) { printk(KERN_WARNING |