This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
idr: fix param name in idr_alloc_cyclic() doc
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
idr-fix-param-name-in-idr_alloc_cyclic-doc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 74b9b7563a57ac7c63b625d591ca581e96937853
Author: Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Aug 26 20:33:17 2023 +0300
idr: fix param name in idr_alloc_cyclic() doc
[ Upstream commit 2a15de80dd0f7e04a823291aa9eb49c5294f56af ]
The relevant parameter is 'start' and not 'nextid'
Fixes: 460488c58ca8 ("idr: Remove idr_alloc_ext")
Signed-off-by: Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 82c24a417dc65..432a985bf7727 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(idr_alloc);
* @end: The maximum ID (exclusive).
* @gfp: Memory allocation flags.
*
- * Allocates an unused ID in the range specified by @nextid and @end. If
+ * Allocates an unused ID in the range specified by @start and @end. If
* @end is <= 0, it is treated as one larger than %INT_MAX. This allows
* callers to use @start + N as @end as long as N is within integer range.
* The search for an unused ID will start at the last ID allocated and will
