[PATCH v3 1/4] array_size.h: Add ARRAY_END()

From: Alejandro Colomar
Date: Sun Nov 09 2025 - 13:07:11 EST


ARRAY_END() returns a pointer one past the end of the last element in
the array argument. This pointer is useful for iterating over the
elements of an array:

for (T *p = a, p < ARRAY_END(a); p++)
...

Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christopher Bazley <chris.bazley.wg14@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <37b1088dbd01a21d2f9d460aa510726119b3bcb0.1752193588.git.alx@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/floppy.c | 2 --
include/linux/array_size.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 5336c3c5ca36..69661840397e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4802,8 +4802,6 @@ static void floppy_release_allocated_regions(int fdc, const struct io_region *p)
}
}

-#define ARRAY_END(X) (&((X)[ARRAY_SIZE(X)]))
-
static int floppy_request_regions(int fdc)
{
const struct io_region *p;
diff --git a/include/linux/array_size.h b/include/linux/array_size.h
index 06d7d83196ca..b5775b8f13de 100644
--- a/include/linux/array_size.h
+++ b/include/linux/array_size.h
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@
*/
#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))

+/**
+ * ARRAY_END - get a pointer to one past the last element in array @a
+ * @a: array
+ */
+#define ARRAY_END(a) (&(a)[ARRAY_SIZE(a)])
+
#endif /* _LINUX_ARRAY_SIZE_H */
--
2.51.0