Merge branch 'pm-upstream/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-omap-pm into devel-stable

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diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h
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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 */