[PATCH v3 00/13] dmaengine: introduce sg_nents_for_dma() and convert users
Andy Shevchenko
andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Thu Nov 20 11:15:02 PST 2025
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 04:12:56PM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> A handful of the DMAengine drivers use same routine to calculate the number of
> SG entries needed for the given DMA transfer. Provide a common helper for them
> and convert.
>
> I left the new helper on SG level of API because brief grepping shows potential
> candidates outside of DMA engine, e.g.:
>
> drivers/crypto/chelsio/chcr_algo.c:154: nents += DIV_ROUND_UP(less, entlen);
> drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c:1495: /* Count the number of entries needed */
Vinod, what is your plan on the DMAengine patches? (Asking not only about this series)
Please, tell if anything needs to be done from my side to help them being pulled.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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