}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_pre_get);
 
+/**
+ * sub_alloc - try to allocate an id without growing the tree depth
+ * @idp: idr handle
+ * @starting_id: id to start search at
+ * @id: pointer to the allocated handle
+ * @pa: idr_layer[MAX_IDR_LEVEL] used as backtrack buffer
+ *
+ * Allocate an id in range [@starting_id, INT_MAX] from @idp without
+ * growing its depth.  Returns
+ *
+ *  the allocated id >= 0 if successful,
+ *  -EAGAIN if the tree needs to grow for allocation to succeed,
+ *  -ENOSPC if the id space is exhausted,
+ *  -ENOMEM if more idr_layers need to be allocated.
+ */
 static int sub_alloc(struct idr *idp, int *starting_id, struct idr_layer **pa)
 {
        int n, m, sh;
                        /* if already at the top layer, we need to grow */
                        if (id >= 1 << (idp->layers * IDR_BITS)) {
                                *starting_id = id;
-                               return IDR_NEED_TO_GROW;
+                               return -EAGAIN;
                        }
                        p = pa[l];
                        BUG_ON(!p);
                        id = ((id >> sh) ^ n ^ m) << sh;
                }
                if ((id >= MAX_IDR_BIT) || (id < 0))
-                       return IDR_NOMORE_SPACE;
+                       return -ENOSPC;
                if (l == 0)
                        break;
                /*
                if (!p->ary[m]) {
                        new = get_from_free_list(idp);
                        if (!new)
-                               return -1;
+                               return -ENOMEM;
                        new->layer = l-1;
                        rcu_assign_pointer(p->ary[m], new);
                        p->count++;
        layers = idp->layers;
        if (unlikely(!p)) {
                if (!(p = get_from_free_list(idp)))
-                       return -1;
+                       return -ENOMEM;
                p->layer = 0;
                layers = 1;
        }
                                __move_to_free_list(idp, new);
                        }
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idp->lock, flags);
-                       return -1;
+                       return -ENOMEM;
                }
                new->ary[0] = p;
                new->count = 1;
        rcu_assign_pointer(idp->top, p);
        idp->layers = layers;
        v = sub_alloc(idp, &id, pa);
-       if (v == IDR_NEED_TO_GROW)
+       if (v == -EAGAIN)
                goto build_up;
        return(v);
 }
        int rv;
 
        rv = idr_get_new_above_int(idp, ptr, starting_id);
-       /*
-        * This is a cheap hack until the IDR code can be fixed to
-        * return proper error values.
-        */
        if (rv < 0)
-               return _idr_rc_to_errno(rv);
+               return rv == -ENOMEM ? -EAGAIN : rv;
        *id = rv;
        return 0;
 }
        /* get vacant slot */
        t = idr_get_empty_slot(&ida->idr, idr_id, pa);
        if (t < 0)
-               return _idr_rc_to_errno(t);
+               return t == -ENOMEM ? -EAGAIN : t;
 
        if (t * IDA_BITMAP_BITS >= MAX_IDR_BIT)
                return -ENOSPC;