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2013 Aug 28
2
[PATCH-v3 1/4] idr: Percpu ida
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:44:54 -0700 Kent Overstreet <kmo at daterainc.com> wrote:
> > > > What guarantees that this wait will terminate?
> > >
> > > It seems fairly clear to me from the break statement a couple lines up;
> > > if we were passed __GFP_WAIT we terminate iff we succesfully allocated a
> > > tag. If we weren't passed
2013 Aug 28
2
[PATCH-v3 1/4] idr: Percpu ida
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:44:54 -0700 Kent Overstreet <kmo at daterainc.com> wrote:
> > > > What guarantees that this wait will terminate?
> > >
> > > It seems fairly clear to me from the break statement a couple lines up;
> > > if we were passed __GFP_WAIT we terminate iff we succesfully allocated a
> > > tag. If we weren't passed
2013 Aug 28
0
[PATCH-v3 1/4] idr: Percpu ida
...ace where future readers will see them!)
*nod* I suppose it should be said explicitly that the gfp_t parameter
indicates whether or not to wait until a _tag_ is available, and not
some internal memory allocation or something.
How's this look?
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 15c021c..a3f8e9a 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -1288,6 +1288,11 @@ static inline unsigned alloc_local_tag(struct percpu_ida *pool,
* Safe to be called from interrupt context (assuming it isn't passed
* __GFP_WAIT, of course).
*
+ * @gfp indicates whether or not to wait until a free id is avail...