Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end | From | Eric Paris <> | Date | Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:06:27 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 11:56 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:45:31 -0400 > Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Change flex_array_prealloc to take the number of elements for which space > > should be allocated instead of the last (inclusive) element. Users > > and documentation are updated accordingly. > > Why?
All three of these patches came from these discussions: http://marc.info/?t=129552800100005&r=1&w=2 http://marc.info/?t=129646395700004&r=1&w=2 http://marc.info/?t=129708178200007&r=1&w=2
1/3 was changed just because it seemed to be the way the interface was used
2/3 was changed because the 2.6.38 kernel fails to load certain selinux policies which worked under 2.6.37 because of this lack of functionality
3/3 was changed just because that's how maybe it should work, although there are no known users.
I can certainly update 2/3 to better explain the rational but I can't really do any better on 1/3 and 3/3 other than to just say what the change is......
-Eric
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