+/**
+ * idr_alloc_cyclic - allocate new idr entry in a cyclical fashion
+ * @idr: the (initialized) idr
+ * @ptr: pointer to be associated with the new id
+ * @start: the minimum id (inclusive)
+ * @end: the maximum id (exclusive, <= 0 for max)
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
+ *
+ * Essentially the same as idr_alloc, but prefers to allocate progressively
+ * higher ids if it can. If the "cur" counter wraps, then it will start again
+ * at the "start" end of the range and allocate one that has already been used.
+ */
+int idr_alloc_cyclic(struct idr *idr, void *ptr, int start, int end,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ int id;
+
+ id = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, max(start, idr->cur), end, gfp_mask);
+ if (id == -ENOSPC)
+ id = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, start, end, gfp_mask);
+
+ if (likely(id >= 0))
+ idr->cur = id + 1;
+ return id;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_alloc_cyclic);
+