netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Fix networking scatterlist regressions.

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix networking scatterlist regressions.

From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:32:07 +0100

> [SG] Remove __sg_mark_end()
> 
> Make sg_mark_end() NOT overwrite the page link. Then it can be used
> after filling the sg table, which is what users want. That means that
> __sg_mark_end() is no longer useful, so kill it.
> 
> It's important the sg entries be initialized before using sg_mark_end(),
> so also add a debug check to catch use-before-init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>

Ok, but I just pushed my changes to Linus and once those show up
you'll need to extend this patch to kill the '__' prefix from
all the rest of the calls which will be in the tree.

Thanks!
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