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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-31 17:54:18 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-31 18:05:25 +0200 |
commit | bbe69aa57a7374b51242b95a54eefcf0d0393b7e (patch) | |
tree | c45e48d11cc9cb81a57c8c27f7243863b117cec8 /include/linux/flex_array.h | |
parent | a417887637e862b434b293404f2a31ad1f282a58 (diff) | |
parent | 326ba5010a5429a5a528b268b36a5900d4ab0eba (diff) |
Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into core/locking
Merge reason: we were on -rc4, move to -rc8 before applying
a new batch of locking infrastructure changes.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/flex_array.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/flex_array.h | 49 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..45ff1849151 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/flex_array.h @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +#ifndef _FLEX_ARRAY_H +#define _FLEX_ARRAY_H + +#include <linux/types.h> +#include <asm/page.h> + +#define FLEX_ARRAY_PART_SIZE PAGE_SIZE +#define FLEX_ARRAY_BASE_SIZE PAGE_SIZE + +struct flex_array_part; + +/* + * This is meant to replace cases where an array-like + * structure has gotten too big to fit into kmalloc() + * and the developer is getting tempted to use + * vmalloc(). + */ + +struct flex_array { + union { + struct { + int element_size; + int total_nr_elements; + struct flex_array_part *parts[]; + }; + /* + * This little trick makes sure that + * sizeof(flex_array) == PAGE_SIZE + */ + char padding[FLEX_ARRAY_BASE_SIZE]; + }; +}; + +#define FLEX_ARRAY_INIT(size, total) { { {\ + .element_size = (size), \ + .total_nr_elements = (total), \ +} } } + +struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size, unsigned int total, + gfp_t flags); +int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int start, + unsigned int end, gfp_t flags); +void flex_array_free(struct flex_array *fa); +void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *fa); +int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src, + gfp_t flags); +void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr); + +#endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */ |