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[PATCH] Document idr_get_new_above() semantics, update inotify 

There is an off by one problem with idr_get_new_above.

The comment and function name suggest that it will return an id >
starting_id, but it actually returned an id >= starting_id, and kernel
callers other than inotify treated it as such.

The patch below fixes the comment, and fixes inotifys usage.  The
function name still doesn't match the behaviour, but it never did.

Signed-off-by: John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
John McCutchan 2005-08-26 14:02:04 -04:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 755528c860
commit 7c657f2f25
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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fs/inotify.c
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@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int inotify_dev_get_wd(struct inotify_device *dev,
do {
if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(&dev->idr, GFP_KERNEL)))
return -ENOSPC;
ret = idr_get_new_above(&dev->idr, watch, dev->last_wd, &watch->wd);
ret = idr_get_new_above(&dev->idr, watch, dev->last_wd+1, &watch->wd);
} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
return ret;

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lib/idr.c
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@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ build_up:
}
/**
* idr_get_new_above - allocate new idr entry above a start id
* idr_get_new_above - allocate new idr entry above or equal to a start id
* @idp: idr handle
* @ptr: pointer you want associated with the ide
* @start_id: id to start search at