1 files changed, 36 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 482586c23fdd..f7767bf22406 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -947,6 +947,28 @@ void xdr_init_encode(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct xdr_buf *buf, __be32 *p,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_init_encode);
 
 /**
+ * xdr_init_encode_pages - Initialize an xdr_stream for encoding into pages
+ * @xdr: pointer to xdr_stream struct
+ * @buf: pointer to XDR buffer into which to encode data
+ * @pages: list of pages to decode into
+ * @rqst: pointer to controlling rpc_rqst, for debugging
+ *
+ */
+void xdr_init_encode_pages(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct xdr_buf *buf,
+			   struct page **pages, struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
+{
+	xdr_reset_scratch_buffer(xdr);
+
+	xdr->buf = buf;
+	xdr->page_ptr = pages;
+	xdr->iov = NULL;
+	xdr->p = page_address(*pages);
+	xdr->end = (void *)xdr->p + min_t(u32, buf->buflen, PAGE_SIZE);
+	xdr->rqst = rqst;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_init_encode_pages);
+
+/**
  * __xdr_commit_encode - Ensure all data is written to buffer
  * @xdr: pointer to xdr_stream
  *
@@ -1202,30 +1224,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xdr_restrict_buflen);
 /**
  * xdr_write_pages - Insert a list of pages into an XDR buffer for sending
  * @xdr: pointer to xdr_stream
- * @pages: list of pages
- * @base: offset of first byte
- * @len: length of data in bytes
+ * @pages: array of pages to insert
+ * @base: starting offset of first data byte in @pages
+ * @len: number of data bytes in @pages to insert
  *
+ * After the @pages are added, the tail iovec is instantiated pointing to
+ * end of the head buffer, and the stream is set up to encode subsequent
+ * items into the tail.
  */
 void xdr_write_pages(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct page **pages, unsigned int base,
 		 unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct xdr_buf *buf = xdr->buf;
-	struct kvec *iov = buf->tail;
+	struct kvec *tail = buf->tail;
+
 	buf->pages = pages;
 	buf->page_base = base;
 	buf->page_len = len;
 
-	iov->iov_base = (char *)xdr->p;
-	iov->iov_len  = 0;
-	xdr->iov = iov;
+	tail->iov_base = xdr->p;
+	tail->iov_len = 0;
+	xdr->iov = tail;
 
 	if (len & 3) {
 		unsigned int pad = 4 - (len & 3);
 
 		BUG_ON(xdr->p >= xdr->end);
-		iov->iov_base = (char *)xdr->p + (len & 3);
-		iov->iov_len  += pad;
+		tail->iov_base = (char *)xdr->p + (len & 3);
+		tail->iov_len += pad;
 		len += pad;
 		*xdr->p++ = 0;
 	}
@@ -1575,7 +1601,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_buf_from_iov);
  *
  * @buf and @subbuf may be pointers to the same struct xdr_buf.
  *
- * Returns -1 if base of length are out of bounds.
+ * Returns -1 if base or length are out of bounds.
  */
 int xdr_buf_subsegment(const struct xdr_buf *buf, struct xdr_buf *subbuf,
 		       unsigned int base, unsigned int len)