Now that blk_rq_map_kern will append the buffer onto the request we can use it easily for adding extra segments (eg. attributes) This patch is dependent on a block layer patch titled: [BLOCK] allow blk_rq_map_kern to append to requests Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c | 24 ++---------------------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c index 6c921ce..ccfd347 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c @@ -834,26 +834,6 @@ int osd_req_add_set_attr_list(struct osd_request *or, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(osd_req_add_set_attr_list); -static int _append_map_kern(struct request *req, - void *buff, unsigned len, gfp_t flags) -{ - struct bio *bio; - int ret; - - bio = bio_map_kern(req->q, buff, len, flags); - if (IS_ERR(bio)) { - OSD_ERR("Failed bio_map_kern(%p, %d) => %ld\n", buff, len, - PTR_ERR(bio)); - return PTR_ERR(bio); - } - ret = blk_rq_append_bio(req->q, req, bio); - if (ret) { - OSD_ERR("Failed blk_rq_append_bio(%p) => %d\n", bio, ret); - bio_put(bio); - } - return ret; -} - static int _req_append_segment(struct osd_request *or, unsigned padding, struct _osd_req_data_segment *seg, struct _osd_req_data_segment *last_seg, struct _osd_io_info *io) @@ -869,14 +849,14 @@ static int _req_append_segment(struct osd_request *or, else pad_buff = io->pad_buff; - ret = _append_map_kern(io->req, pad_buff, padding, + ret = blk_rq_map_kern(io->req->q, io->req, pad_buff, padding, or->alloc_flags); if (ret) return ret; io->total_bytes += padding; } - ret = _append_map_kern(io->req, seg->buff, seg->total_bytes, + ret = blk_rq_map_kern(io->req->q, io->req, seg->buff, seg->total_bytes, or->alloc_flags); if (ret) return ret; -- 1.6.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html