- mutex_lock(&ext_devt_mutex);
- idx = idr_alloc(&ext_devt_idr, part, 0, NR_EXT_DEVT, GFP_KERNEL);
- mutex_unlock(&ext_devt_mutex);
+ idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ spin_lock(&ext_devt_lock);
+ idx = idr_alloc(&ext_devt_idr, part, 0, NR_EXT_DEVT, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ spin_unlock(&ext_devt_lock);
+
+ idr_preload_end();