[openib-general] [PATCH] Convert idr's internal locking to _irqsave variant

[Roland Dreier]

 > Sigh.  It was always a mistake (of the kernel programming 101 type) to put
 > any locking at all in the idr code.  At some stage we need to weed it all
 > out and move it to callers.
 > 
 > Your fix is yet more fallout from that mistake.

Agreed.  Consider me on the hook to fix this up in a better way once
my life is a little saner.  Maybe I'll try to cook something up on the
plane ride to Ottawa.

Anyway you can punch me in the stomach if I don't have something in
time for 2.6.19.

 - R.