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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-10-26 09:11:43 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-10-26 09:11:43 -0700 |
commit | 18d0eae30e6a4f8644d589243d7ac1d70d29203d (patch) | |
tree | fef5a78d54b8763cb17867018356cfe311b31036 /lib/memcat_p.c | |
parent | 26873acacbdbb4e4b444f5dd28dcc4853f0e8ba2 (diff) | |
parent | 14fdc2c5318ae420e68496975f48dc1dbef52649 (diff) |
Merge tag 'char-misc-4.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the big set of char/misc patches for 4.20-rc1.
Loads of things here, we have new code in all of these driver
subsystems:
- fpga
- stm
- extcon
- nvmem
- eeprom
- hyper-v
- gsmi
- coresight
- thunderbolt
- vmw_balloon
- goldfish
- soundwire
along with lots of fixes and minor changes to other small drivers.
All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
issues"
* tag 'char-misc-4.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (245 commits)
Documentation/security-bugs: Clarify treatment of embargoed information
lib: Fix ia64 bootloader linkage
MAINTAINERS: Clarify UIO vs UIOVEC maintainer
docs/uio: fix a grammar nitpick
docs: fpga: document programming fpgas using regions
fpga: add devm_fpga_region_create
fpga: bridge: add devm_fpga_bridge_create
fpga: mgr: add devm_fpga_mgr_create
hv_balloon: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep
sgi-xp: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep
eeprom: New ee1004 driver for DDR4 memory
eeprom: at25: remove unneeded 'at25_remove'
w1: IAD Register is yet readable trough iad sys file. Fix snprintf (%u for unsigned, count for max size).
misc: mic: scif: remove set but not used variables 'src_dma_addr, dst_dma_addr'
misc: mic: fix a DMA pool free failure
platform: goldfish: pipe: Add a blank line to separate varibles and code
platform: goldfish: pipe: Remove redundant casting
platform: goldfish: pipe: Call misc_deregister if init fails
platform: goldfish: pipe: Move the file-scope goldfish_pipe_dev variable into the driver state
platform: goldfish: pipe: Move the file-scope goldfish_pipe_miscdev variable into the driver state
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/memcat_p.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/memcat_p.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/memcat_p.c b/lib/memcat_p.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b810fbc66962 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/memcat_p.c @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +#include <linux/slab.h> + +/* + * Merge two NULL-terminated pointer arrays into a newly allocated + * array, which is also NULL-terminated. Nomenclature is inspired by + * memset_p() and memcat() found elsewhere in the kernel source tree. + */ +void **__memcat_p(void **a, void **b) +{ + void **p = a, **new; + int nr; + + /* count the elements in both arrays */ + for (nr = 0, p = a; *p; nr++, p++) + ; + for (p = b; *p; nr++, p++) + ; + /* one for the NULL-terminator */ + nr++; + + new = kmalloc_array(nr, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new) + return NULL; + + /* nr -> last index; p points to NULL in b[] */ + for (nr--; nr >= 0; nr--, p = p == b ? &a[nr] : p - 1) + new[nr] = *p; + + return new; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__memcat_p); + |