Re: [PATCH v1 2/6] amso1100: convert to using idr_alloc_cyclic

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Mar 27 2013 - 12:28:18 EST


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:18:04AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> void c2_init_qp_table(struct c2_dev *c2dev)
> {
> spin_lock_init(&c2dev->qp_table.lock);
> - idr_init(&c2dev->qp_table.idr);
> + idr_init_cyclic(&c2dev->qp_table.idr, 0);
> }

Why is this necessary? In general, why is idr_init_cyclic()
necessary?

Thanks.

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tejun
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