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Shared memory mappings for devices

Shared memory mappings for devices

Posted May 11, 2018 16:44 UTC (Fri) by cladisch (✭ supporter ✭, #50193)
In reply to: Shared memory mappings for devices by mirabilos
Parent article: Shared memory mappings for devices

IDR is an ID allocator; the "R" stands for "radix tree", which is just an implementation detail.

IDA is an ID allocator that does not store a data poiner for each ID.

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Shared memory mappings for devices

Posted May 14, 2018 13:16 UTC (Mon) by dezgeg (guest, #92243) [Link]

Maybe IDR could be made a backronym of say, "ID Registry" to hide the radix tree implementation detail.


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