Re: [PATCH rdma-next 2/4] lib/scatterlist: Add support in dynamically allocation of SG entries

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Sep 07 2020 - 03:29:32 EST


> +static inline void _sg_chain(struct scatterlist *chain_sg,
> + struct scatterlist *sgl)
> +{
> + /*
> + * offset and length are unused for chain entry. Clear them.
> + */
> + chain_sg->offset = 0;
> + chain_sg->length = 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * Set lowest bit to indicate a link pointer, and make sure to clear
> + * the termination bit if it happens to be set.
> + */
> + chain_sg->page_link = ((unsigned long) sgl | SG_CHAIN) & ~SG_END;
> +}

Please call this __sg_chain to stick with our normal kernel naming
convention.