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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-08-26 15:31:36 -0700
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-10-22 12:57:17 -0700
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x86: add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper
Useful when converting static arrays into boottime brk allocated objects. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ef292c792d74..d6763b139a84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
: : "i" (sz)); \
}
+/* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
+#define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries) \
+ type *name; \
+ RESERVE_BRK(name, sizeof(type) * entries)
+
#ifdef __i386__
void __init i386_start_kernel(void);