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') 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 v1.2.2 From bf69d41d198138e3c601e9a6645f4f1369aff7e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Paris Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:55:52 -0400 Subject: flex_arrays: allow zero length flex arrays Just like kmalloc will allow one to allocate a 0 length segment of memory flex arrays should do the same thing. It should bomb if you try to use something, but it should at least allow the allocation. This is needed because when SELinux switched to using flex_arrays in 2.6.38 the inability to allocate a 0 length array resulted in SELinux policy load returning -ENOSPC when previously it worked. Based-on-patch-by: Steffen Klassert Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Tested-by: Chris Richards Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.38+] --- lib/flex_array.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c index 0c33b24498ba..854b57bd7d9d 100644 --- a/lib/flex_array.c +++ b/lib/flex_array.c @@ -253,9 +253,16 @@ int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int start, unsigned int end; struct flex_array_part *part; + if (!start && !nr_elements) + return 0; + if (start >= fa->total_nr_elements) + return -ENOSPC; + if (!nr_elements) + return 0; + end = start + nr_elements - 1; - if (start >= fa->total_nr_elements || end >= fa->total_nr_elements) + if (end >= fa->total_nr_elements) return -ENOSPC; if (elements_fit_in_base(fa)) return 0; @@ -346,6 +353,8 @@ int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa) int part_nr; int ret = 0; + if (!fa->total_nr_elements) + return 0; if (elements_fit_in_base(fa)) return ret; for (part_nr = 0; part_nr < FLEX_ARRAY_NR_BASE_PTRS; part_nr++) { -- cgit v1.2.2