The existing sg_zero_buffer() function is a bit restrictive. For example protection information (PI) blocks are usually initialized to 0xff bytes. As its name suggests sgl_memset() is modelled on memset(). One difference is the type of the val argument which is u8 rather than int. Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/scatterlist.h | 3 +++ lib/scatterlist.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h index ae260dc5fedb..e50dc9a6d887 100644 --- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h +++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h @@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ bool sgl_compare_sgl(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t x_sk struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip, size_t n_bytes); +void sgl_memset(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, off_t skip, + u8 val, size_t n_bytes); + /* * Maximum number of entries that will be allocated in one piece, if * a list larger than this is required then chaining will be utilized. diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c index 344725990b9d..3ca66f0c949f 100644 --- a/lib/scatterlist.c +++ b/lib/scatterlist.c @@ -1083,8 +1083,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sgl_copy_sgl); * **/ bool sgl_compare_sgl(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t x_skip, - struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip, - size_t n_bytes) + struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip, + size_t n_bytes) { bool equ = true; size_t x_off, y_off, len, x_len, y_len; @@ -1140,3 +1140,38 @@ bool sgl_compare_sgl(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t x_sk return equ; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sgl_compare_sgl); + +/** + * sgl_memset - set byte 'val' n_bytes times on SG list + * @sgl: The SG list + * @nents: Number of SG entries in sgl + * @skip: Number of bytes to skip before starting + * @val: byte value to write to sgl + * @n_bytes: The number of bytes to modify + * + * Notes: + * Writes val n_bytes times or until sgl is exhausted. + * + **/ +void sgl_memset(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, off_t skip, + u8 val, size_t n_bytes) +{ + size_t offset = 0; + size_t len; + struct sg_mapping_iter miter; + unsigned int sg_flags = SG_MITER_ATOMIC | SG_MITER_TO_SG; + + if (n_bytes == 0) + return; + sg_miter_start(&miter, sgl, nents, sg_flags); + if (!sg_miter_skip(&miter, skip)) + goto fini; + + while ((offset < n_bytes) && sg_miter_next(&miter)) { + len = min(miter.length, n_bytes - offset); + memset(miter.addr, val, len); + offset += len; + } +fini: + sg_miter_stop(&miter); +} -- 2.25.1