[PATCH v2 1/8] lib/scatterlist: Introduce sgl_alloc() and sgl_free()

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 10/17/2017 12:49 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Many kernel drivers contain code that allocates and frees both a
> scatterlist and the pages that populate that scatterlist.
> Introduce functions in lib/scatterlist.c that perform these tasks
> instead of duplicating this functionality in multiple drivers.
> Only include these functions in the build if CONFIG_SGL_ALLOC=y
> to avoid that the kernel size increases if this functionality is
> not used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche at wdc.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/scatterlist.h |  10 +++++
>  lib/Kconfig                 |   4 ++
>  lib/scatterlist.c           | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 119 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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