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 <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Chris Richards <gizmo@giz-works.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.38+]
diff --git a/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt b/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt
index cb8a3a0..df904ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt
+++ b/Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
entering atomic context, using:
int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int start,
- unsigned int end, gfp_t flags);
+ unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags);
This function will ensure that memory for the elements indexed in the range
-defined by start and end has been allocated. Thereafter, a
+defined by start and nr_elements has been allocated. Thereafter, a
flex_array_put() call on an element in that range is guaranteed not to
block.