Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] scatterlist: add sgl_memset()

[Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>]

On 2021-01-07 12:46 p.m., Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 06:49:55PM -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
>> The existing sg_zero_buffer() function is a bit restrictive. For
>> example protection information (PI) blocks are usually initialized
>> to 0xff bytes. As its name suggests sgl_memset() is modelled on
>> memset(). One difference is the type of the val argument which is
>> u8 rather than int. Plus it returns the number of bytes (over)written.
>>
>> Change implementation of sg_zero_buffer() to call this new function.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
>>   include/linux/scatterlist.h |  3 ++
>>   lib/scatterlist.c           | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>   2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
>> index 71be65f9ebb5..70d3f1f73df1 100644
>> +++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
>> @@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ bool sgl_compare_sgl_idx(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t
>>   			 struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip,
>>   			 size_t n_bytes, size_t *miscompare_idx);
>>   
>> +size_t sgl_memset(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, off_t skip,
>> +		  u8 val, size_t n_bytes);
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * Maximum number of entries that will be allocated in one piece, if
>>    * a list larger than this is required then chaining will be utilized.
>> diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
>> index 9332365e7eb6..f06614a880c8 100644
>> +++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
>> @@ -1038,26 +1038,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_to_buffer);
>>   size_t sg_zero_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
>>   		       size_t buflen, off_t skip)
>>   {
>> -	unsigned int offset = 0;
>> -	struct sg_mapping_iter miter;
>> -	unsigned int sg_flags = SG_MITER_ATOMIC | SG_MITER_TO_SG;
>> -
>> -	sg_miter_start(&miter, sgl, nents, sg_flags);
>> -
>> -	if (!sg_miter_skip(&miter, skip))
>> -		return false;
>> -
>> -	while (offset < buflen && sg_miter_next(&miter)) {
>> -		unsigned int len;
>> -
>> -		len = min(miter.length, buflen - offset);
>> -		memset(miter.addr, 0, len);
>> -
>> -		offset += len;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -	sg_miter_stop(&miter);
>> -	return offset;
>> +	return sgl_memset(sgl, nents, skip, 0, buflen);
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_zero_buffer);
> 
> May as well make this one liner a static inline in the header. Just
> rename this function to sgl_memset so the diff is clearer

Yes, fine. I can roll a new version.

Doug Gilbert