sg_init_marker(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this page is about sg_init_marker — it initializes markers in an sg table ✨ that's the whole vibe.

(this is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and yes it's gonna be iconic 💅)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sg_init_marker (struct scatterlist *sgl , unsigned int nents );

like, that's literally it. no cap 🫶

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• sgl — the SG table 🎀 that's the one you're marking up
• nents — the number of entries in that table 🔥 count 'em

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where i list literally every sibling function so nothing gets left out, because we don't do gatekeeping here 💜

first up, the kernel file itself: ./include/linux/scatterlist.h ⭐

then the whole squad, in order:

• sg_next(9)
• sg_assign_page(9)
• sg_set_page(9)
• sg_set_folio(9)
• sg_set_buf(9)
• sg_chain(9)
• sg_mark_end(9)
• sg_unmark_end(9)
• sg_dma_is_bus_address(9)
• sg_dma_mark_bus_address(9)
• sg_dma_unmark_bus_address(9)
• sg_dma_is_swiotlb(9)
• sg_dma_mark_swiotlb(9)
• sg_phys(9)
• sg_virt(9)
• sg_alloc_table_from_pages(9)
• sg_page_iter_page(9)
• sg_page_iter_dma_address(9)
• for_each_sg_page(9)
• for_each_sg_dma_page(9)
• for_each_sgtable_page(9)
• for_each_sgtable_dma_page(9)

like… the whole friend group fr fr 👑

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reminder bestie: this manual lives under ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — screenshot it, cite it, love it 💖

k byeeee, go mark some markers 🎀✨💅