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 <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Tested-by: Chris Richards <gizmo@giz-works.com> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.38+]
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@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ trick is to ensure that any needed memory allocations are done before
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entering atomic context, using:
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int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int start,
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unsigned int end, gfp_t flags);
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unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags);
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This function will ensure that memory for the elements indexed in the range
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defined by start and end has been allocated. Thereafter, a
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defined by start and nr_elements has been allocated. Thereafter, a
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flex_array_put() call on an element in that range is guaranteed not to
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block.
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