@@ -750,6 +750,47 @@ int bio_add_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned int len,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_add_page);
 
+/**
+ * bio_advance - increment/complete a bio by some number of bytes
+ * @bio:	bio to advance
+ * @bytes:	number of bytes to complete
+ *
+ * This updates bi_sector, bi_size and bi_idx; if the number of bytes to
+ * complete doesn't align with a bvec boundary, then bv_len and bv_offset will
+ * be updated on the last bvec as well.
+ *
+ * @bio will then represent the remaining, uncompleted portion of the io.
+ */
+void bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
+{
+	if (bio_integrity(bio))
+		bio_integrity_advance(bio, bytes);
+
+	bio->bi_sector += bytes >> 9;
+	bio->bi_size -= bytes;
+
+	if (!bio->bi_size)
+		return;
+
+	while (bytes) {
+		if (unlikely(bio->bi_idx >= bio->bi_vcnt)) {
+			WARN_ONCE(1, "bio idx %d >= vcnt %d\n",
+				  bio->bi_idx, bio->bi_vcnt);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (bytes >= bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len) {
+			bytes -= bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len;
+			bio->bi_idx++;
+		} else {
+			bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len -= bytes;
+			bio_iovec(bio)->bv_offset += bytes;
+			bytes = 0;
+		}
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_advance);
+
 struct bio_map_data {
 	struct bio_vec *iovecs;
 	struct sg_iovec *sgvecs;

@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ extern void bio_endio(struct bio *, int);
 struct request_queue;
 extern int bio_phys_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 
+extern void bio_advance(struct bio *, unsigned);
+
 extern void bio_init(struct bio *);
 extern void bio_reset(struct bio *);