From 5d30b10bd68df007e7ae21e77d1e0ce184b53040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Paris Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:55:52 -0400 Subject: flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end Change flex_array_prealloc to take the number of elements for which space should be allocated instead of the last (inclusive) element. Users and documentation are updated accordingly. flex_arrays got introduced before they had users. When folks started using it, they ended up needing a different API than was coded up originally. This swaps over to the API that folks apparently need. Based-on-patch-by: Steffen Klassert Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Tested-by: Chris Richards Acked-by: Dave Hansen Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.38+] --- lib/flex_array.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/flex_array.c') diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c index c0ea40ba2082..0c33b24498ba 100644 --- a/lib/flex_array.c +++ b/lib/flex_array.c @@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flex_array_clear); /** * flex_array_prealloc - guarantee that array space exists - * @fa: the flex array for which to preallocate parts - * @start: index of first array element for which space is allocated - * @end: index of last (inclusive) element for which space is allocated - * @flags: page allocation flags + * @fa: the flex array for which to preallocate parts + * @start: index of first array element for which space is allocated + * @nr_elements: number of elements for which space is allocated + * @flags: page allocation flags * * This will guarantee that no future calls to flex_array_put() * will allocate memory. It can be used if you are expecting to @@ -245,13 +245,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flex_array_clear); * Locking must be provided by the caller. */ int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int start, - unsigned int end, gfp_t flags) + unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags) { int start_part; int end_part; int part_nr; + unsigned int end; struct flex_array_part *part; + end = start + nr_elements - 1; + if (start >= fa->total_nr_elements || end >= fa->total_nr_elements) return -ENOSPC; if (elements_fit_in_base(fa)) -- cgit v1.2.1