Re: [PATCH] idr: Document calling context for IDA APIs mustn't use locks

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On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 02:07:52PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> The documentation for these functions indicates that callers don't need
> to hold a lock while calling them, but that documentation is only in one
> place under "IDA Usage". Let's state the same information on each IDA
> function so that it's clear what the calling context requires.
> Furthermore, let's document ida_simple_get() with the same information
> so that callers know how this API works.

I don't want people to use ida_simple_get() any more.  Use ida_alloc()
instead.

> - * Context: Any context.
> + * Context: Any context. It is safe to call this function without
> + * synchronisation in your code.

I prefer "without locking" to "without synchronisation" ...




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