Re: [PATCH 02/10] crypto: scatterwalk - Set the chain pointerindication bit

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:46:10AM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> The scatterwalk_crypto_chain function invokes the scatterwalk_sg_chain
> function to chain two scatterlists, but the chain pointer indication
> bit is not set.  When the resulting scatterlist is used, for example,
> by sg_nents to count the number of scatterlist entries, a segfault occurs
> because sg_nents does not follow the chain pointer to the chained scatterlist.
> 
> Update scatterwalk_sg_chain to set the chain pointer indication bit as is
> done by the sg_chain function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks!

We should also get rid of the crypto-specific SG helpers since
the generic SG helpers are now available everywhere.
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