2 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-frv/scatterlist.h b/include/asm-frv/scatterlist.h
index 99ba76edc42a..2e7143b5a7ad 100644
--- a/include/asm-frv/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/asm-frv/scatterlist.h
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
  *
  * can be rewritten as
  *
- * sg_set_page(virt_to_page(some_ptr));
- * sg->offset = (unsigned long) some_ptr & ~PAGE_MASK;
+ * sg_set_buf(sg, some_ptr, length);
  *
  * and that's it. There's no excuse for not highmem enabling YOUR driver. /jens
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index df7ddcee7c4b..809b2ac2e37e 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -26,18 +26,16 @@
 #define SG_MAGIC        0x87654321
 
 /**
- * sg_set_page - Set sg entry to point at given page
- * @sg:          SG entry
- * @page:        The page
+ * sg_assign_page - Assign a given page to an SG entry
+ * @sg:             SG entry
+ * @page:           The page
  *
  * Description:
- *   Use this function to set an sg entry pointing at a page, never assign
- *   the page directly. We encode sg table information in the lower bits
- *   of the page pointer. See sg_page() for looking up the page belonging
- *   to an sg entry.
+ *   Assign page to sg entry. Also see sg_set_page(), the most commonly used
+ *   variant.
  *
  **/
-static inline void sg_set_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page)
+static inline void sg_assign_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page)
 {
         unsigned long page_link = sg->page_link & 0x3;
 
@@ -52,6 +50,28 @@ static inline void sg_set_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page)
         sg->page_link = page_link | (unsigned long) page;
 }
 
+/**
+ * sg_set_page - Set sg entry to point at given page
+ * @sg:          SG entry
+ * @page:        The page
+ * @len:         Length of data
+ * @offset:      Offset into page
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Use this function to set an sg entry pointing at a page, never assign
+ *   the page directly. We encode sg table information in the lower bits
+ *   of the page pointer. See sg_page() for looking up the page belonging
+ *   to an sg entry.
+ *
+ **/
+static inline void sg_set_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page,
+                               unsigned int len, unsigned int offset)
+{
+        sg_assign_page(sg, page);
+        sg->offset = offset;
+        sg->length = len;
+}
+
 #define sg_page(sg)     ((struct page *) ((sg)->page_link & ~0x3))
 
 /**
@@ -64,9 +84,7 @@ static inline void sg_set_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page)
 static inline void sg_set_buf(struct scatterlist *sg, const void *buf,
                               unsigned int buflen)
 {
-        sg_set_page(sg, virt_to_page(buf));
-        sg->offset = offset_in_page(buf);
-        sg->length = buflen;
+        sg_set_page(sg, virt_to_page(buf), buflen, offset_in_page(buf));
 }
 
 /*