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>
diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h
index 45ff184..3887b21 100644
--- a/include/linux/flex_array.h
+++ b/include/linux/flex_array.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *fa);
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);
#endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */