[PATCH v5 1/9] scatterlist: add sg_zeroout_area() helper

[Johannes Thumshirn]

The sg_zeroout_area() helper is used to zero fill an area in a SG
list.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumsh...@suse.de>
---
 include/linux/scatterlist.h |  3 +++
 lib/scatterlist.c           | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index cb3c8fe6acd7..a38ce9f4e78a 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, 
unsigned int nents,
 size_t sg_pcopy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
                          void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip);
 
+size_t sg_zeroout_area(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
+                      size_t buflen, off_t skip);
+
 /*
  * 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 c6cf82242d65..ce311cde2654 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -751,3 +751,40 @@ size_t sg_pcopy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, 
unsigned int nents,
        return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, skip, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_to_buffer);
+
+/**
+ * sg_zeroout_area - Zero-out a part of a SG list
+ * @sgl:                The SG list
+ * @nents:              Number of SG entries
+ * @buflen:             The number of bytes to zero out
+ * @skip:               Number of bytes to skip before zeroing
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bytes zeroed.
+ *
+ **/
+size_t sg_zeroout_area(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;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_zeroout_area);
-- 
2.12.3