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+#ifndef _FLEX_ARRAY_H
+#define _FLEX_ARRAY_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+#define FLEX_ARRAY_PART_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
+#define FLEX_ARRAY_BASE_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
+
+struct flex_array_part;
+
+/*
+ * This is meant to replace cases where an array-like
+ * structure has gotten too big to fit into kmalloc()
+ * and the developer is getting tempted to use
+ * vmalloc().
+ */
+
+struct flex_array {
+ union {
+ struct {
+ int element_size;
+ int total_nr_elements;
+ struct flex_array_part *parts[0];
+ };
+ /*
+ * This little trick makes sure that
+ * sizeof(flex_array) == PAGE_SIZE
+ */
+ char padding[FLEX_ARRAY_BASE_SIZE];
+ };
+};
+
+#define FLEX_ARRAY_INIT(size, total) { { {\
+ .element_size = (size), \
+ .total_nr_elements = (total), \
+} } }
+
+struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size, int total, gfp_t flags);
+int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, int start, int end, gfp_t flags);
+void flex_array_free(struct flex_array *fa);
+void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *fa);
+int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, int element_nr, void *src,
+ gfp_t flags);
+void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, int element_nr);
+
+#endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */