[patch 7/8] mempool - Add mempool_create_slab_pool()

[Matthew Dobson <colpatch@us.ibm.com>]

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(mempool-add_mempool_create_slab_pool.patch)
Create a simple wrapper function for the common case of creating a slab-based
mempool.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Dobson <colpatch@us.ibm.com>

 include/linux/mempool.h |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4+mempool_work/include/linux/mempool.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4+mempool_work.orig/include/linux/mempool.h
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4+mempool_work/include/linux/mempool.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ extern void mempool_free(void *element, 
  */
 void *mempool_alloc_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
 void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data);
+static inline mempool_t *mempool_create_slab_pool(int min_nr, kmem_cache_t *kc)
+{
+	return mempool_create(min_nr, mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
+			      (void *) kc);
+}
 
 /*
  * 2 mempool_alloc_t's and a mempool_free_t to kmalloc/kzalloc and kfree

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