x86: add RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY() helper

Useful when converting static arrays into boottime brk allocated objects.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ef292c792d742cb35b1a48ac7f18f97a6546860c..d6763b139a844243b9fbb8dc620e633fe7b5825a 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
                        : : "i" (sz));                                  \
        }
 
+/* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
+#define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries)         \
+       type *name;                                     \
+       RESERVE_BRK(name, sizeof(type) * entries)
+
 #ifdef __i386__
 
 void __init i386_start_kernel(void);