On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 07:03:34PM +0100, Laura Abbott wrote: > > One of the more common algorithms used for allocation > is to align the start address of the allocation to > the order of size requested. Add this as an algorithm > option for genalloc. > > Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <[email protected]> > --- > include/linux/genalloc.h | 4 ++++ > lib/genalloc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/genalloc.h b/include/linux/genalloc.h > index 1c2fdaa..3cd0934 100644 > --- a/include/linux/genalloc.h > +++ b/include/linux/genalloc.h > @@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ extern void gen_pool_set_algo(struct gen_pool *pool, > genpool_algo_t algo, > extern unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long > size, > unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data); > > +extern unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit_order_align(unsigned long *map, > + unsigned long size, unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, > + void *data); > +
You could also update gen_pool_first_fit to call this new function instead. Anyway, that's up to you: Acked-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

