[tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper

[tip-bot for Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Commit-ID:  161b0275e2311b8bd9609d5f32e2b703cf5d70a8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/161b0275e2311b8bd9609d5f32e2b703cf5d70a8
Author:     Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:35:22 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:16:54 -0700

x86, mm: Add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper

This is useful when converting static arrays into boot-time brk
allocated objects.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <4C805EEA.1080205@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ef292c7..d6763b1 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);
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