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+] --- Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt b/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt index cb8a3a00cc9..df904aec990 100644 --- a/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt +++ b/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ trick is to ensure that any needed memory allocations are done before entering atomic context, using: int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int start, - unsigned int end, gfp_t flags); + unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags); This function will ensure that memory for the elements indexed in the range -defined by start and end has been allocated. Thereafter, a +defined by start and nr_elements has been allocated. Thereafter, a flex_array_put() call on an element in that range is guaranteed not to block. -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258