From 5e941c093989dfb6b67148d2410d79b1be8debfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:31:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86: add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper Useful when converting static arrays into boottime brk allocated objects. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge --- arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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); -- 2.20.1