idr: Add idr_alloc_u32 helper
All current users of idr_alloc_ext() actually want to allocate a u32
and idr_alloc_u32() fits their needs better.
Like idr_get_next(), it uses a 'nextid' argument which serves as both
a pointer to the start ID and the assigned ID (instead of a separate
minimum and pointer-to-assigned-ID argument). It uses a 'max' argument
rather than 'end' because the semantics that idr_alloc has for 'end'
don't work well for unsigned types.
Since idr_alloc_u32() returns an errno instead of the allocated ID, mark
it as __must_check to help callers use it correctly. Include copious
kernel-doc. Chris Mi <chrism@mellanox.com> has promised to contribute
test-cases for idr_alloc_u32.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
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