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Move the idr kernel-doc to its own idr.rst file and add a few
paragraphs about how to use it.  Also add some more kernel-doc.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
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79 changes: 79 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/core-api/idr.rst
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
=============
ID Allocation
=============

:Author: Matthew Wilcox

Overview
========

A common problem to solve is allocating identifiers (IDs); generally
small numbers which identify a thing. Examples include file descriptors,
process IDs, packet identifiers in networking protocols, SCSI tags
and device instance numbers. The IDR and the IDA provide a reasonable
solution to the problem to avoid everybody inventing their own. The IDR
provides the ability to map an ID to a pointer, while the IDA provides
only ID allocation, and as a result is much more memory-efficient.

IDR usage
=========

Start by initialising an IDR, either with :c:func:`DEFINE_IDR`
for statically allocated IDRs or :c:func:`idr_init` for dynamically
allocated IDRs.

You can call :c:func:`idr_alloc` to allocate an unused ID. Look up
the pointer you associated with the ID by calling :c:func:`idr_find`
and free the ID by calling :c:func:`idr_remove`.

If you need to change the pointer associated with an ID, you can call
:c:func:`idr_replace`. One common reason to do this is to reserve an
ID by passing a ``NULL`` pointer to the allocation function; initialise the
object with the reserved ID and finally insert the initialised object
into the IDR.

Some users need to allocate IDs larger than ``INT_MAX``. So far all of
these users have been content with a ``UINT_MAX`` limit, and they use
:c:func:`idr_alloc_u32`. If you need IDs that will not fit in a u32,
we will work with you to address your needs.

If you need to allocate IDs sequentially, you can use
:c:func:`idr_alloc_cyclic`. The IDR becomes less efficient when dealing
with larger IDs, so using this function comes at a slight cost.

To perform an action on all pointers used by the IDR, you can
either use the callback-based :c:func:`idr_for_each` or the
iterator-style :c:func:`idr_for_each_entry`. You may need to use
:c:func:`idr_for_each_entry_continue` to continue an iteration. You can
also use :c:func:`idr_get_next` if the iterator doesn't fit your needs.

When you have finished using an IDR, you can call :c:func:`idr_destroy`
to release the memory used by the IDR. This will not free the objects
pointed to from the IDR; if you want to do that, use one of the iterators
to do it.

You can use :c:func:`idr_is_empty` to find out whether there are any
IDs currently allocated.

If you need to take a lock while allocating a new ID from the IDR,
you may need to pass a restrictive set of GFP flags, which can lead
to the IDR being unable to allocate memory. To work around this,
you can call :c:func:`idr_preload` before taking the lock, and then
:c:func:`idr_preload_end` after the allocation.

.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/idr.h
:doc: idr sync

IDA usage
=========

.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
:doc: IDA description

Functions and structures
========================

.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/idr.h
.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
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atomic_ops
refcount-vs-atomic
cpu_hotplug
idr
local_ops
workqueue
genericirq
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.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc-itu-t.c
:export:

idr/ida Functions
-----------------

.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/idr.h
:doc: idr sync

.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
:doc: IDA description

.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
:export:

Math Functions in Linux
=======================

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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion include/linux/idr.h
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.idr_base = (base), \
.idr_next = 0, \
}
#define DEFINE_IDR(name) struct idr name = IDR_INIT

/**
* IDR_INIT() - Initialise an IDR.
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*/
#define IDR_INIT IDR_INIT_BASE(0)

/**
* DEFINE_IDR() - Define a statically-allocated IDR
* @name: Name of IDR
*
* An IDR defined using this macro is ready for use with no additional
* initialisation required. It contains no IDs.
*/
#define DEFINE_IDR(name) struct idr name = IDR_INIT

/**
* idr_get_cursor - Return the current position of the cyclic allocator
* @idr: idr handle
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idr_init_base(idr, 0);
}

/**
* idr_is_empty() - Are there any IDs allocated?
* @idr: IDR handle.
*
* Return: %true if any IDs have been allocated from this IDR.
*/
static inline bool idr_is_empty(const struct idr *idr)
{
return radix_tree_empty(&idr->idr_rt) &&
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