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-rw-r--r--lib/idr.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 6098336df267..52d2979a05e8 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -927,6 +927,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_pre_get);
* and go back to the ida_pre_get() call. If the ida is full, it will
* return %-ENOSPC.
*
+ * Note that callers must ensure that concurrent access to @ida is not possible.
+ * See ida_simple_get() for a varaint which takes care of locking.
+ *
* @p_id returns a value in the range @starting_id ... %0x7fffffff.
*/
int ida_get_new_above(struct ida *ida, int starting_id, int *p_id)
@@ -1073,6 +1076,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_destroy);
* Allocates an id in the range start <= id < end, or returns -ENOSPC.
* On memory allocation failure, returns -ENOMEM.
*
+ * Compared to ida_get_new_above() this function does its own locking, and
+ * should be used unless there are special requirements.
+ *
* Use ida_simple_remove() to get rid of an id.
*/
int ida_simple_get(struct ida *ida, unsigned int start, unsigned int end,
@@ -1119,6 +1125,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_simple_get);
* ida_simple_remove - remove an allocated id.
* @ida: the (initialized) ida.
* @id: the id returned by ida_simple_get.
+ *
+ * Use to release an id allocated with ida_simple_get().
+ *
+ * Compared to ida_remove() this function does its own locking, and should be
+ * used unless there are special requirements.
*/
void ida_simple_remove(struct ida *ida, unsigned int id)
{