Add a helper to map a bio to a scatterlist, modelled after
blk_rq_map_sg.
This helper is useful for any driver that wants to create
a scatterlist from its ->make_request_fn method.
Changes in v2:
- Use __blk_segment_map_sg to avoid duplicated code
- Add cocbook style function comment
Cc: Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk>
Cc: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>
Cc: Shaohua Li <s...@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan....@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Asias He <as...@redhat.com>
---
block/blk-merge.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 576b68e..e76279e 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -209,6 +209,43 @@ int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct request
*rq,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_sg);
+/**
+ * blk_bio_map_sg - map a bio to a scatterlist
+ * @q: request_queue in question
+ * @bio: bio being mapped
+ * @sglist: scatterlist being mapped
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * Caller must make sure sg can hold bio->bi_phys_segments entries
+ *
+ * Will return the number of sg entries setup
+ */
+int blk_bio_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
+ struct scatterlist *sglist)
+{
+ struct bio_vec *bvec, *bvprv;
+ struct scatterlist *sg;
+ int nsegs, cluster;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ nsegs = 0;
+ cluster = blk_queue_cluster(q);
+
+ bvprv = NULL;
+ sg = NULL;
+ bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i) {
+ __blk_segment_map_sg(q, bvec, sglist, &bvprv, &sg,
+ &nsegs, &cluster);
+ } /* segments in bio */
+
+ if (sg)
+ sg_mark_end(sg);
+
+ BUG_ON(bio->bi_phys_segments && nsegs > bio->bi_phys_segments);
+ return nsegs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_bio_map_sg);
+
static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(struct request_queue *q,
struct request *req,
struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 07954b0..87fb56c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -883,6 +883,8 @@ extern void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue
*q, bool queueable);
extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device
*bdev);
extern int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct
scatterlist *);
+extern int blk_bio_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
+ struct scatterlist *sglist);
extern void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
extern long nr_blockdev_pages(void);
--
1.7.10.4
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