+ idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch added to -mm tree

+ idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib/idr.c: document that ida_simple_{get,remove}() are deprecated
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch

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From: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org>
Subject: lib/idr.c: document that ida_simple_{get,remove}() are deprecated

These two functions are deprecated.  Users should call ida_alloc() or
ida_free() respectively instead.  Add documentation to this effect until
the macro can be removed.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200910055246.2297797-2-swboyd@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Tri Vo <trong@android.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/idr.h |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/idr.h~idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated
+++ a/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ static inline void ida_init(struct ida *
 	xa_init_flags(&ida->xa, IDA_INIT_FLAGS);
 }
 
+/*
+ * ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove() are deprecated. Use
+ * ida_alloc() and ida_free() instead respectively.
+ */
 #define ida_simple_get(ida, start, end, gfp)	\
 			ida_alloc_range(ida, start, (end) - 1, gfp)
 #define ida_simple_remove(ida, id)	ida_free(ida, id)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from swboyd@chromium.org are

idr-document-calling-context-for-ida-apis-mustnt-use-locks.patch
idr-document-that-ida_simple_getremove-are-deprecated.patch