flex_array: add helpers to get and put to make pointers easy to use
Getting and putting arrays of pointers with flex arrays is a PITA. You
have to remember to pass &ptr to the _put and you have to do weird and
wacky casting to get the ptr back from the _get. Add two functions
flex_array_get_ptr() and flex_array_put_ptr() to handle all of the magic.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: simplification suggested by Joe]
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c
index 41b1804..77a6fea 100644
--- a/lib/flex_array.c
+++ b/lib/flex_array.c
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@
* Note that this *copies* the contents of @src into
* the array. If you are trying to store an array of
* pointers, make sure to pass in &ptr instead of ptr.
+ * You may instead wish to use the flex_array_put_ptr()
+ * helper function.
*
* Locking must be provided by the caller.
*/
@@ -265,7 +267,8 @@
*
* Returns a pointer to the data at index @element_nr. Note
* that this is a copy of the data that was passed in. If you
- * are using this to store pointers, you'll get back &ptr.
+ * are using this to store pointers, you'll get back &ptr. You
+ * may instead wish to use the flex_array_get_ptr helper.
*
* Locking must be provided by the caller.
*/
@@ -286,6 +289,26 @@
return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
}
+/**
+ * flex_array_get_ptr - pull a ptr back out of the array
+ * @fa: the flex array from which to extract data
+ * @element_nr: index of the element to fetch from the array
+ *
+ * Returns the pointer placed in the flex array at element_nr using
+ * flex_array_put_ptr(). This function should not be called if the
+ * element in question was not set using the _put_ptr() helper.
+ */
+void *flex_array_get_ptr(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr)
+{
+ void **tmp;
+
+ tmp = flex_array_get(fa, element_nr);
+ if (!tmp)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return *tmp;
+}
+
static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part)
{
int i;