2 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h
index 3887b21f883f..f12401e485fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/flex_array.h
+++ b/include/linux/flex_array.h
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src,
                 gfp_t flags);
 int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
 void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
+int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa);
 
 #endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c
index e22d0e9776aa..1b03bb553410 100644
--- a/lib/flex_array.c
+++ b/lib/flex_array.c
@@ -291,3 +291,43 @@ void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr)
         }
         return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
 }
+
+static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part)
+{
+        int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct flex_array_part); i++)
+                if (part->elements[i] != FLEX_ARRAY_FREE)
+                        return 0;
+        return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * flex_array_shrink - free unused second-level pages
+ *
+ * Frees all second-level pages that consist solely of unused
+ * elements.  Returns the number of pages freed.
+ *
+ * Locking must be provided by the caller.
+ */
+int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)
+{
+        struct flex_array_part *part;
+        int max_part = nr_base_part_ptrs();
+        int part_nr;
+        int ret = 0;
+
+        if (elements_fit_in_base(fa))
+                return ret;
+        for (part_nr = 0; part_nr < max_part; part_nr++) {
+                part = fa->parts[part_nr];
+                if (!part)
+                        continue;
+                if (part_is_free(part)) {
+                        fa->parts[part_nr] = NULL;
+                        kfree(part);
+                        ret++;
+                }
+        }
+        return ret;
+}