linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 01/10] scatterlist: add sg_zeroout

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Message-ID: <20170608074124.GA13953@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:41:24 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/10] scatterlist: add sg_zeroout_area() helper

>  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);

Maybe sg_zero_buffer to fit with the other functions in the family?

(I'd be happy to fix this up if you're ok and we don't need another
respin otherwise).

> +	while ((offset < buflen) && sg_miter_next(&miter)) {

Nit: no need for the inner braces.

Otherwise looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>