Re: [PATCH] Staging: hv: Replace typedef SG_BUFFER_LIST by structscatterlist

[Nicolas Palix]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 08:35:08PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 05:37:23PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote:
> > > > typedef SG_BUFFER_LIST is removed and its uses are replaced by the use of
> > > > struct scatterlist.
> > >
> > > Sweet!  thanks for doing this, very nice job, I'll go queue it up.
> >
> > I tried to change the RingBuffer too but I did not know
> > which API I should use.
> > The ring buffer in kernel/trace seems fine but it has some
> > dedicated features.
> >
> > Any hint?
> > Of which infrastructure are you thinking in your previous mail?
>
> I was thinking of include/linux/ring_buffer.h
>
> Does that not work for you?

It is perfect.

As its implementation is in kernel/trace and not in lib as scatterlist,
I just wanted to be sure before spending time on a patch. :)

thanks.

Nico

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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