Merge tag 'v4.3-rc2' into k.o/for-4.3-v1

Linux 4.3-rc2

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index a99f0e5243e1..7e37d448ed91 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -290,6 +290,16 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
 void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags);
 void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
 
+/*
+ * Bulk allocation and freeing operations. These are accellerated in an
+ * allocator specific way to avoid taking locks repeatedly or building
+ * metadata structures unnecessarily.
+ *
+ * Note that interrupts must be enabled when calling these functions.
+ */
+void kmem_cache_free_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, size_t, void **);
+bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t, size_t, void **);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags, int node);