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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
+ *
+ * Backport compatibility file for Linux for kernels 3.6.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+
+/**
+ * sg_alloc_table_from_pages - Allocate and initialize an sg table from
+ * an array of pages
+ * @sgt: The sg table header to use
+ * @pages: Pointer to an array of page pointers
+ * @n_pages: Number of pages in the pages array
+ * @offset: Offset from start of the first page to the start of a buffer
+ * @size: Number of valid bytes in the buffer (after offset)
+ * @gfp_mask: GFP allocation mask
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Allocate and initialize an sg table from a list of pages. Contiguous
+ * ranges of the pages are squashed into a single scatterlist node. A user
+ * may provide an offset at a start and a size of valid data in a buffer
+ * specified by the page array. The returned sg table is released by
+ * sg_free_table.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 on success, negative error on failure
+ */
+int sg_alloc_table_from_pages(struct sg_table *sgt,
+ struct page **pages, unsigned int n_pages,
+ unsigned long offset, unsigned long size,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ unsigned int chunks;
+ unsigned int i;
+ unsigned int cur_page;
+ int ret;
+ struct scatterlist *s;
+
+ /* compute number of contiguous chunks */
+ chunks = 1;
+ for (i = 1; i < n_pages; ++i)
+ if (page_to_pfn(pages[i]) != page_to_pfn(pages[i - 1]) + 1)
+ ++chunks;
+
+ ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, chunks, gfp_mask);
+ if (unlikely(ret))
+ return ret;
+
+ /* merging chunks and putting them into the scatterlist */
+ cur_page = 0;
+ for_each_sg(sgt->sgl, s, sgt->orig_nents, i) {
+ unsigned long chunk_size;
+ unsigned int j;
+
+ /* look for the end of the current chunk */
+ for (j = cur_page + 1; j < n_pages; ++j)
+ if (page_to_pfn(pages[j]) !=
+ page_to_pfn(pages[j - 1]) + 1)
+ break;
+
+ chunk_size = ((j - cur_page) << PAGE_SHIFT) - offset;
+ sg_set_page(s, pages[cur_page], min(size, chunk_size), offset);
+ size -= chunk_size;
+ offset = 0;
+ cur_page = j;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sg_alloc_table_from_pages);
#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,6,0))
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+
+/* backports efc42bc9 */
+#define sg_alloc_table_from_pages LINUX_BACKPORT(sg_alloc_table_from_pages)
+int sg_alloc_table_from_pages(struct sg_table *sgt,
+ struct page **pages, unsigned int n_pages,
+ unsigned long offset, unsigned long size,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
/**
* Backports
*