- * nfs_coalesce_requests - Split coalesced requests out from a list.
- * @head: source list
- * @dst: destination list
- * @nmax: maximum number of requests to coalesce
+ * nfs_pageio_init - initialise a page io descriptor
+ * @desc: pointer to descriptor
+ * @inode: pointer to inode
+ * @doio: pointer to io function
+ * @bsize: io block size
+ * @io_flags: extra parameters for the io function
+ */
+void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
+ struct inode *inode,
+ int (*doio)(struct inode *, struct list_head *, unsigned int, size_t, int),
+ unsigned int bsize,
+ int io_flags)
+{
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&desc->pg_list);
+ desc->pg_bytes_written = 0;
+ desc->pg_count = 0;
+ desc->pg_bsize = bsize;
+ desc->pg_base = 0;
+ desc->pg_inode = inode;
+ desc->pg_doio = doio;
+ desc->pg_ioflags = io_flags;
+ desc->pg_error = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nfs_can_coalesce_requests - test two requests for compatibility
+ * @prev: pointer to nfs_page
+ * @req: pointer to nfs_page
+ *
+ * The nfs_page structures 'prev' and 'req' are compared to ensure that the
+ * page data area they describe is contiguous, and that their RPC
+ * credentials, NFSv4 open state, and lockowners are the same.