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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2010-09-02 19:35:22 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-10-05 22:16:54 -0700
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x86, mm: Add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper
This is useful when converting static arrays into boot-time brk allocated objects. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> LKML-Reference: <4C805EEA.1080205@goop.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ef292c792d74..d6763b139a84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
: : "i" (sz)); \
}
+/* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
+#define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries) \
+ type *name; \
+ RESERVE_BRK(name, sizeof(type) * entries)
+
#ifdef __i386__
void __init i386_start_kernel(void);
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