On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 09:20:07AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > +++ b/lib/idr.c
> > @@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ void *idr_get_next_ext(struct idr *idr, unsigned
> > long *nextid)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_get_next_ext);
> >
> > +void * idr_get(struct idr *idr, int *id)
> > +{
> > + struct radix_tree_node *node;
> > + void __rcu **slot = NULL;
> > +
> > + __radix_tree_lookup(&idr->idr_rt, *id, &node, &slot);
> > + if (!slot)
> > + return NULL;
> > + return node;
> > +}
>
> I should have noticed this (much) earlier, but doesn't idr_get do
> essentially the same thing as idr_find?
>
> Also, wouldn't you want to return the pid pointer from slot,
> rather than a pointer to the entire radix tree node?
It also seems rather odd to pass id by reference here just to
dereference it a little later.
