+/**
+ * sg_nents - return total count of entries in scatterlist
+ * @sg: The scatterlist
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Allows to know how many entries are in sg, taking into acount
+ * chaining as well
+ *
+ **/
+int sg_nents(struct scatterlist *sg)
+{
+ int nents;
+ for (nents = 0; sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
+ nents++;
+ return nents;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_nents);
+
+