The core of the patch - allow the last sg element in a scatterlist
table to point to the start of a new table. We overload the LSB of
the page pointer to indicate whether this is a valid sg entry, or
merely a link to the next list.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/scatterlist.h | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index bed5ab4..10f6223 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -20,8 +20,36 @@ static inline void sg_init_one(struct scatterlist *sg, const void *buf,
sg_set_buf(sg, buf, buflen);
}
-#define sg_next(sg) ((sg) + 1)
-#define sg_last(sg, nents) (&(sg[(nents) - 1]))
+/*
+ * We overload the LSB of the page pointer to indicate whether it's
+ * a valid sg entry, or whether it points to the start of a new scatterlist.
+ * Those low bits are there for everyone! (thanks mason :-)
+ */
+#define sg_is_chain(sg) ((unsigned long) (sg)->page & 0x01)
+#define sg_chain_ptr(sg) \
+ ((struct scatterlist *) ((unsigned long) (sg)->page & ~0x01))
+
+/**
+ * sg_next - return the next scatterlist entry in a list
+ * @sg: The current sg entry
+ *
+ * Usually the next entry will be @sg@ + 1, but if this sg element is part
+ * of a chained scatterlist, it could jump to the start of a new
+ * scatterlist array.
+ *
+ * Note that the caller must ensure that there are further entries after
+ * the current entry, this function will NOT return NULL for an end-of-list.
+ *
+ */
+static inline struct scatterlist *sg_next(struct scatterlist *sg)
+{
+ sg++;
+
+ if (unlikely(sg_is_chain(sg)))
+ sg = sg_chain_ptr(sg);
+
+ return sg;
+}
/*
* Loop over each sg element, following the pointer to a new list if necessary
@@ -29,4 +57,51 @@ static inline void sg_init_one(struct scatterlist *sg, const void *buf,
#define for_each_sg(sglist, sg, nr, __i) \
for (__i = 0, sg = (sglist); __i < (nr); __i++, sg = sg_next(sg))
+/**
+ * sg_last - return the last scatterlist entry in a list
+ * @sgl: First entry in the scatterlist
+ * @nents: Number of entries in the scatterlist
+ *
+ * Should only be used casually, it (currently) scan the entire list
+ * to get the last entry.
+ *
+ * Note that the @sgl@ pointer passed in need not be the first one,
+ * the important bit is that @nents@ denotes the number of entries that
+ * exist from @sgl@.
+ *
+ */
+static inline struct scatterlist *sg_last(struct scatterlist *sgl,
+ unsigned int nents)
+{
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+ struct scatterlist *ret = &sgl[nents - 1];
+#else
+ struct scatterlist *sg, *ret = NULL;
+ int i;
+
+ for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, i)
+ ret = sg;
+
+#endif
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sg_chain - Chain two sglists together
+ * @prv: First scatterlist
+ * @prv_nents: Number of entries in prv
+ * @sgl: Second scatterlist
+ *
+ * Links @prv@ and @sgl@ together, to form a longer scatterlist.
+ *
+ */
+static inline void sg_chain(struct scatterlist *prv, unsigned int prv_nents,
+ struct scatterlist *sgl)
+{
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+ BUG();
+#endif
+ prv[prv_nents - 1].page = (struct page *) ((unsigned long) sgl | 0x01);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_SCATTERLIST_H */
--
1.5.2.rc1
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