sg_init_one(9)

💫 sg_init_one(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for sg_init_one — it's literally the glow-up ritual for a single scatterlist entry, no cap ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sg_init_one — initialize a single entry sg list 🎀

like, one entry. singular. the main character of scatterlists 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void sg_init_one (struct scatterlist *sg , const void *buf , unsigned
int buflen );

it returns void, meaning it gives you nothing back but vibes and a properly set-up sg entry 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sg — the SG entry itself, bestie. this is the thing you're initializing 💖
• buf — the virtual address for IO 🔥 that's where the data lives
• buflen — the IO length 🌸 how much we're working with, an unsigned int

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./lib/scatterlist.c is where all the lore lives, and here's the whole friend group — every single one, no gatekeeping 💜

• sg_nents(9)
• sg_nents_for_len(9)
• sg_nents_for_dma(9)
• sg_last(9)
• sg_init_table(9)
• __sg_free_table(9)
• sg_free_append_table(9)
• sg_free_table(9)
• __sg_alloc_table(9)
• sg_alloc_table(9)
• sg_alloc_append_table_from_pages(9)
• sg_alloc_table_from_pages_segment(9)
• sgl_alloc_order(9)
• sgl_alloc(9)
• sgl_free_n_order(9)
• sgl_free_order(9)
• sgl_free(9)
• sg_miter_start(9)
• sg_miter_skip(9)
• sg_miter_next(9)
• sg_miter_stop(9)
• sg_copy_buffer(9)
• sg_copy_from_buffer(9)
• sg_copy_to_buffer(9)
• sg_pcopy_from_buffer(9)
• sg_pcopy_to_buffer(9)
• sg_zero_buffer(9)
• extract_iter_to_sg(9)

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ngl bestie, sg_init_one is giving "small but iconic" — one entry, one job, and it ate 💅

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alright that's the whole page!! this one lives under ./lib and the version stamp says October 2026 ⭐ go forth and initialize that single sg entry, you've got this fr fr 🧚💖🌈