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Subject[PATCH 02/77] idr: make idr_destroy() imply idr_remove_all()
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idr is silly in quite a few ways, one of which is how it's supposed to
be destroyed - idr_destroy() doesn't release IDs and doesn't even
whine if the idr isn't empty. If the caller forgets idr_remove_all(),
it simply leaks memory.

Even ida gets this wrong and leaks memory on destruction. There is
absoltely no reason not to call idr_remove_all() from idr_destroy().
Nobody is abusing idr_destroy() for shrinking free layer buffer and
continues to use idr after idr_destroy(), so it's safe to do
remove_all from destroy.

In the whole kernel, there is only one place where idr_remove_all() is
legitimiately used without following idr_destroy() while there are
quite a few places where the caller forgets either idr_remove_all() or
idr_destroy() leaking memory.

This patch makes idr_destroy() call idr_destroy_all() and updates the
function description accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
---
lib/idr.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index ca5aa00..b8602e0 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -436,15 +436,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove);
/**
* idr_remove_all - remove all ids from the given idr tree
* @idp: idr handle
- *
- * idr_destroy() only frees up unused, cached idp_layers, but this
- * function will remove all id mappings and leave all idp_layers
- * unused.
- *
- * A typical clean-up sequence for objects stored in an idr tree will
- * use idr_for_each() to free all objects, if necessay, then
- * idr_remove_all() to remove all ids, and idr_destroy() to free
- * up the cached idr_layers.
*/
void idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp)
{
@@ -484,9 +475,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove_all);
/**
* idr_destroy - release all cached layers within an idr tree
* @idp: idr handle
+ *
+ * Free all id mappings and all idp_layers. After this function, @idp is
+ * completely unused and can be freed / recycled. The caller is
+ * responsible for ensuring that no one else accesses @idp during or after
+ * idr_destroy().
+ *
+ * A typical clean-up sequence for objects stored in an idr tree will use
+ * idr_for_each() to free all objects, if necessay, then idr_destroy() to
+ * free up the id mappings and cached idr_layers.
*/
void idr_destroy(struct idr *idp)
{
+ idr_remove_all(idp);
+
while (idp->id_free_cnt) {
struct idr_layer *p = get_from_free_list(idp);
kmem_cache_free(idr_layer_cache, p);
--
1.8.1


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