1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>ida_get_new_above</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API"><link rel="up" href="idr.html" title="idr/ida Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-ida-pre-get.html" title="ida_pre_get"><link rel="next" href="API-ida-remove.html" title="ida_remove"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">ida_get_new_above</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-ida-pre-get.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">idr/ida Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-ida-remove.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-ida-get-new-above"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ida_get_new_above &#8212; 
2     allocate new ID above or equal to a start id
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">ida_get_new_above </b>(</code></td><td>struct ida * <var class="pdparam">ida</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">starting_id</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int * <var class="pdparam">p_id</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1123675644"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ida</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     ida handle
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>starting_id</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     id to start search at
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>p_id</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     pointer to the allocated handle
9    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1123679292"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
10   Allocate new ID above or equal to <em class="parameter"><code>starting_id</code></em>.  It should be called
11   with any required locks.
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14   If memory is required, it will return <code class="constant">-EAGAIN</code>, you should unlock
15   and go back to the <code class="function">ida_pre_get</code> call.  If the ida is full, it will
16   return <code class="constant">-ENOSPC</code>.
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19   <em class="parameter"><code>p_id</code></em> returns a value in the range <em class="parameter"><code>starting_id</code></em> ... <code class="constant">0x7fffffff</code>.
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