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lib/scatterlist: export sg_miter_skip()

sg_copy_buffer() can't meet demand for some drrivers(such usb
mass storage), so we have to use the sg_miter_* APIs to access
sg buffer, then need export sg_miter_skip() for these drivers.

The API is needed for converting to sg_miter_* APIs in USB storage
driver for accessing sg buffer.

Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Ming Lei and committed by
Greg Kroah-Hartman
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include/linux/scatterlist.h
··· 345 345 346 346 void sg_miter_start(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, struct scatterlist *sgl, 347 347 unsigned int nents, unsigned int flags); 348 + bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset); 348 349 bool sg_miter_next(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter); 349 350 void sg_miter_stop(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter); 350 351
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lib/scatterlist.c
··· 495 495 * true if @miter contains the valid mapping. false if end of sg 496 496 * list is reached. 497 497 */ 498 - static bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset) 498 + bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset) 499 499 { 500 500 sg_miter_stop(miter); 501 501 ··· 513 513 514 514 return true; 515 515 } 516 + EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_miter_skip); 516 517 517 518 /** 518 519 * sg_miter_next - proceed mapping iterator to the next mapping