sg_copy_from_buffer(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

sg_copy_from_buffer(9) 🫶

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we're talking about sg_copy_from_buffer(9), and yes this is the scatterlist-copying one. main character energy fr fr 💅

✨ NAME ✨

sg_copy_from_buffer — copy from a linear buffer to an SG list.

like, literally: linear buffer in, SG list out. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

size_t sg_copy_from_buffer (struct scatterlist *sgl , unsigned int nents
, const void *buf , size_t buflen );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • sgl — the SG list. that's the scatterlist bestie in question 🦋
  • nents — number of SG entries.
  • buf — where to copy from.
  • buflen — the number of bytes to copy.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the number of copied bytes. that's the whole vibe — it hands you back the byte count, no cap 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./lib/scatterlist.c — and the whole squad is here, bestie:

kisses bestie 🍓 this page came from ./lib, dated October 2026, and it's still signing off as sg_copy_from_buffer(9) — periodt 💜

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