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-rw-r--r--lib/scatterlist.c32
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diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index c9f2e8c6ccc9..99fbc2f238c4 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -56,6 +56,38 @@ int sg_nents(struct scatterlist *sg)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_nents);
+/**
+ * sg_nents_for_len - return total count of entries in scatterlist
+ * needed to satisfy the supplied length
+ * @sg: The scatterlist
+ * @len: The total required length
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Determines the number of entries in sg that are required to meet
+ * the supplied length, taking into acount chaining as well
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * the number of sg entries needed, negative error on failure
+ *
+ **/
+int sg_nents_for_len(struct scatterlist *sg, u64 len)
+{
+ int nents;
+ u64 total;
+
+ if (!len)
+ return 0;
+
+ for (nents = 0, total = 0; sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
+ nents++;
+ total += sg->length;
+ if (total >= len)
+ return nents;
+ }
+
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_nents_for_len);
/**
* sg_last - return the last scatterlist entry in a list