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| author | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100 |
| commit | e4862f2f6f5653dfb67f3ba2b6f0bc74516ed51a (patch) | |
| tree | 1db5a0540a4eecfad9b7daee476b985e82ddc810 /lib/flex_array.c | |
| parent | ec62dbd7eb8e3dddb221da89ecbcea0fc3dee8c1 (diff) | |
| parent | b2c1e07b81a126e5846dfc3d36f559d861df59f4 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' into for-2.6.37
Fairly simple conflicts, the most serious ones are the i.MX ones which I
suspect now need another rename.
Conflicts:
arch/arm/mach-mx2/clock_imx27.c
arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c
arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-rx51-peripherals.c
arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-zoom2.c
sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c
sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h
sound/soc/fsl/mpc8610_hpcd.c
sound/soc/pxa/spitz.c
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/flex_array.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/flex_array.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c index 41b1804fa72..77a6fea7481 100644 --- a/lib/flex_array.c +++ b/lib/flex_array.c @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ __fa_get_part(struct flex_array *fa, int part_nr, gfp_t flags) * Note that this *copies* the contents of @src into * the array. If you are trying to store an array of * pointers, make sure to pass in &ptr instead of ptr. + * You may instead wish to use the flex_array_put_ptr() + * helper function. * * Locking must be provided by the caller. */ @@ -265,7 +267,8 @@ int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int start, * * Returns a pointer to the data at index @element_nr. Note * that this is a copy of the data that was passed in. If you - * are using this to store pointers, you'll get back &ptr. + * are using this to store pointers, you'll get back &ptr. You + * may instead wish to use the flex_array_get_ptr helper. * * Locking must be provided by the caller. */ @@ -286,6 +289,26 @@ void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr) return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)]; } +/** + * flex_array_get_ptr - pull a ptr back out of the array + * @fa: the flex array from which to extract data + * @element_nr: index of the element to fetch from the array + * + * Returns the pointer placed in the flex array at element_nr using + * flex_array_put_ptr(). This function should not be called if the + * element in question was not set using the _put_ptr() helper. + */ +void *flex_array_get_ptr(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr) +{ + void **tmp; + + tmp = flex_array_get(fa, element_nr); + if (!tmp) + return NULL; + + return *tmp; +} + static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part) { int i; |