linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] sg

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Message-Id: <E1J5gkV-0000Ig-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:13:07 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au (Rusty Russell)
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, dougg@...que.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] sg_ring for scsi

Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> 2) It allows others to manipulate sg chains, which couldn't be done before
>   (eg. the ATA code which wants to append a padding element).

Yes chaining at the end is very useful for the crypto layer as
well.

Thanks,
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