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author | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2010-08-10 02:20:56 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-10 05:45:09 +0200 |
commit | ea98eed9bcb62d1319db8b1210712c6a110a886c (patch) | |
tree | fa394336975862de7a1ca99f890eac4d3098356f /lib/flex_array.c | |
parent | lib: vsprintf: useless strlen() removed (diff) | |
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flex_array: add helpers to get and put to make pointers easy to use
Getting and putting arrays of pointers with flex arrays is a PITA. You
have to remember to pass &ptr to the _put and you have to do weird and
wacky casting to get the ptr back from the _get. Add two functions
flex_array_get_ptr() and flex_array_put_ptr() to handle all of the magic.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: simplification suggested by Joe]
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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 41b1804fa728..77a6fea7481e 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; |