summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/mm/iov_iter.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/iov_iter.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/iov_iter.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/iov_iter.c b/mm/iov_iter.c
index 2f762cc21080..e2c9a2db4350 100644
--- a/mm/iov_iter.c
+++ b/mm/iov_iter.c
@@ -220,3 +220,18 @@ unsigned long iov_iter_alignment(const struct iov_iter *i)
return res;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_alignment);
+
+void iov_iter_init(struct iov_iter *i, int direction,
+ const struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs,
+ size_t count)
+{
+ /* It will get better. Eventually... */
+ if (segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
+ direction |= REQ_KERNEL;
+ i->type = direction;
+ i->iov = iov;
+ i->nr_segs = nr_segs;
+ i->iov_offset = 0;
+ i->count = count;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_iter_init);