The last patch to lib/idr.c caused a bug if idr_get_new_above() was
called on an empty idr.
Usually, nodes stay on the same layer. New layers are added to the top
of the tree.
The exception is idr_get_new_above() on an empty tree: In this case, the
new root node is first added on layer 0, then moved upwards. p->layer
was not updated.
As usual: You shall never rely on the source code comments, they will
only mislead you.
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
*/
while ((layers < (MAX_LEVEL - 1)) && (id >= (1 << (layers*IDR_BITS)))) {
layers++;
- if (!p->count)
+ if (!p->count) {
+ /* special case: if the tree is currently empty,
+ * then we grow the tree by moving the top node
+ * upwards.
+ */
+ p->layer++;
continue;
+ }
if (!(new = get_from_free_list(idp))) {
/*
* The allocation failed. If we built part of