@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@
*/
/*
+ * Allocation and deallocation of bitmap.
+ * Provided in lib/bitmap.c to avoid circular dependency.
+ */
+extern unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
+extern unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags);
+extern void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap);
+
+/*
* lib/bitmap.c provides these functions:
*/
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -1212,3 +1213,22 @@ void bitmap_copy_le(unsigned long *dst,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_copy_le);
#endif
+
+unsigned long *bitmap_alloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ return kmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits), sizeof(unsigned long),
+ flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_alloc);
+
+unsigned long *bitmap_zalloc(unsigned int nbits, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ return bitmap_alloc(nbits, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_zalloc);
+
+void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap)
+{
+ kfree(bitmap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free);