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-rw-r--r--block/blk-core.c21
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blkdev.h2
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 96aaa3a419a3..68cfe6780a9b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2769,6 +2769,27 @@ struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_fetch_request);
+/*
+ * Steal bios from a request and add them to a bio list.
+ * The request must not have been partially completed before.
+ */
+void blk_steal_bios(struct bio_list *list, struct request *rq)
+{
+ if (rq->bio) {
+ if (list->tail)
+ list->tail->bi_next = rq->bio;
+ else
+ list->head = rq->bio;
+ list->tail = rq->biotail;
+
+ rq->bio = NULL;
+ rq->biotail = NULL;
+ }
+
+ rq->__data_len = 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_steal_bios);
+
/**
* blk_update_request - Special helper function for request stacking drivers
* @req: the request being processed
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index eda3d25c0f68..fddda6a1f9b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ extern struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q);
extern void blk_start_request(struct request *rq);
extern struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_steal_bios(struct bio_list *list, struct request *rq);
+
/*
* Request completion related functions.
*