On Mon, Nov 26 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Add more safeguards to protect against misinterpreting a chain entry
> as a normal scatterlist and vice-versa.
>
> * Make sure the entry isn't a chain when assigning and reading a
> normal sg.
>
> * Clear offset and length when chaining.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
> ---
> While converting libata to use chained-sg, I felt a bit insecure and
> added a few more safe guards. Feel free to include or ignore them.
Looks sane, thanks Tejun! Will apply it.
--
Jens Axboe
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