Re: [patch][3/9] ide: add ide_sg_init() helper

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Thu, Sep 09 2004, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Thursday 09 September 2004 16:47, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 09 2004, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 05:17, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > > > +static inline void ide_sg_init(struct scatterlist *sg, u8 *buf, unsigned int buflen)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	memset(sg, 0, sizeof(*sg));
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	sg->page = virt_to_page(buf);
> > > > > +	sg->offset = offset_in_page(buf);
> > > > > +	sg->length = buflen;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Surely this should be more generic?
> > > 
> > > Any idea where to put it? linux/blkdev.h?
> > 
> > How about asm/scatterlist.h?
> 
> I would like to avoid duplicating it for every arch
> as it is not arch specific.

Maybe add linux/scatterlist.h then? It should not be in blkdev.h at
least, as it really has nothing to do with block devices.

-- 
Jens Axboe