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authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>2009-09-21 17:04:30 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-22 07:17:47 -0700
commite6de3988aa52debb25a427d085061f3bf1181d54 (patch)
tree4a5dd6acac3e73049918c646bd977894335e5560 /lib
parent2f30b1f9e1b612cdd1a17daeecf514229e8d6a5f (diff)
flex_array: add flex_array_clear function
Add a new function to the flex_array API: int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr) This function will zero the element at element_nr in the flex_array. Although this is equivalent to using flex_array_put() and passing a pointer to zero'd memory, flex_array_clear() does not require such a pointer to memory that would most likely need to be allocated on the caller's stack which could be significantly large depending on element_size. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/flex_array.c26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c
index 7baed2fc3bc..b68f99be408 100644
--- a/lib/flex_array.c
+++ b/lib/flex_array.c
@@ -207,6 +207,32 @@ int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src,
}
/**
+ * flex_array_clear - clear element in array at @element_nr
+ * @element_nr: index of the position to clear.
+ *
+ * Locking must be provided by the caller.
+ */
+int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr)
+{
+ int part_nr = fa_element_to_part_nr(fa, element_nr);
+ struct flex_array_part *part;
+ void *dst;
+
+ if (element_nr >= fa->total_nr_elements)
+ return -ENOSPC;
+ if (elements_fit_in_base(fa))
+ part = (struct flex_array_part *)&fa->parts[0];
+ else {
+ part = fa->parts[part_nr];
+ if (!part)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ dst = &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
+ memset(dst, 0, fa->element_size);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
* flex_array_prealloc - guarantee that array space exists
* @start: index of first array element for which space is allocated
* @end: index of last (inclusive) element for which space is allocated