linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] lib/scatterlist: Introduce and export __sg_alloc_table_from

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:07:50 +0100
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>,
        Intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     "Ben Widawsky" <benjamin.widawsky@...el.com>,
        "Jason Ekstrand" <jason@...kstrand.net>,
        "Tvrtko Ursulin" <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>,
        "Masahiro Yamada" <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Joonas Lahtinen" <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] lib/scatterlist: Introduce and export
 __sg_alloc_table_from_pages

Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2017-07-27 10:05:03)
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>
> 
> Drivers like i915 benefit from being able to control the maxium
> size of the sg coallesced segment while building the scatter-
> gather list.
> 
> Introduce and export the __sg_alloc_table_from_pages function
> which will allow it that control.
> 
> v2: Reorder parameters. (Chris Wilson)
> v3: Fix incomplete reordering in v2.
> v4: max_segment needs to be page aligned.
> v5: Rebase.
> v6: Rebase.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk> (v2)
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>

Sill happy and checked the external user,
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris