diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 959c4e5..40ae42e 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@
 	if (alg->cra_alignmask & (alg->cra_alignmask + 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (alg->cra_alignmask > PAGE_SIZE)
+	if (alg->cra_alignmask & alg->cra_blocksize)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (alg->cra_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	
 	down_write(&crypto_alg_sem);
diff --git a/crypto/hmac.c b/crypto/hmac.c
index da0456b..46120de 100644
--- a/crypto/hmac.c
+++ b/crypto/hmac.c
@@ -18,18 +18,15 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static void hash_key(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, u8 *key, unsigned int keylen)
 {
 	struct scatterlist tmp;
 	
-	tmp.page = virt_to_page(key);
-	tmp.offset = offset_in_page(key);
-	tmp.length = keylen;
+	sg_set_buf(&tmp, key, keylen);
 	crypto_digest_digest(tfm, &tmp, 1, key);
-		
 }
 
 int crypto_alloc_hmac_block(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
@@ -69,9 +66,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm); i++)
 		ipad[i] ^= 0x36;
 
-	tmp.page = virt_to_page(ipad);
-	tmp.offset = offset_in_page(ipad);
-	tmp.length = crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm);
+	sg_set_buf(&tmp, ipad, crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm));
 	
 	crypto_digest_init(tfm);
 	crypto_digest_update(tfm, &tmp, 1);
@@ -103,16 +98,12 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm); i++)
 		opad[i] ^= 0x5c;
 
-	tmp.page = virt_to_page(opad);
-	tmp.offset = offset_in_page(opad);
-	tmp.length = crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm);
+	sg_set_buf(&tmp, opad, crypto_tfm_alg_blocksize(tfm));
 
 	crypto_digest_init(tfm);
 	crypto_digest_update(tfm, &tmp, 1);
 	
-	tmp.page = virt_to_page(out);
-	tmp.offset = offset_in_page(out);
-	tmp.length = crypto_tfm_alg_digestsize(tfm);
+	sg_set_buf(&tmp, out, crypto_tfm_alg_digestsize(tfm));
 	
 	crypto_digest_update(tfm, &tmp, 1);
 	crypto_digest_final(tfm, out);
diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.c b/crypto/tcrypt.c
index 6863941..53f4ee8 100644
--- a/crypto/tcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/tcrypt.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 static void test_hash(char *algo, struct hash_testvec *template,
 		      unsigned int tcount)
 {
-	char *p;
 	unsigned int i, j, k, temp;
 	struct scatterlist sg[8];
 	char result[64];
@@ -116,10 +115,7 @@
 		printk("test %u:\n", i + 1);
 		memset(result, 0, 64);
 
-		p = hash_tv[i].plaintext;
-		sg[0].page = virt_to_page(p);
-		sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-		sg[0].length = hash_tv[i].psize;
+		sg_set_buf(&sg[0], hash_tv[i].plaintext, hash_tv[i].psize);
 
 		crypto_digest_init(tfm);
 		if (tfm->crt_u.digest.dit_setkey) {
@@ -154,10 +150,8 @@
 				       hash_tv[i].plaintext + temp,
 				       hash_tv[i].tap[k]);
 				temp += hash_tv[i].tap[k];
-				p = &xbuf[IDX[k]];
-				sg[k].page = virt_to_page(p);
-				sg[k].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-				sg[k].length = hash_tv[i].tap[k];
+				sg_set_buf(&sg[k], &xbuf[IDX[k]],
+					    hash_tv[i].tap[k]);
 			}
 
 			crypto_digest_digest(tfm, sg, hash_tv[i].np, result);
@@ -179,7 +173,6 @@
 static void test_hmac(char *algo, struct hmac_testvec *template,
 		      unsigned int tcount)
 {
-	char *p;
 	unsigned int i, j, k, temp;
 	struct scatterlist sg[8];
 	char result[64];
@@ -210,11 +203,8 @@
 		printk("test %u:\n", i + 1);
 		memset(result, 0, sizeof (result));
 
-		p = hmac_tv[i].plaintext;
 		klen = hmac_tv[i].ksize;
-		sg[0].page = virt_to_page(p);
-		sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-		sg[0].length = hmac_tv[i].psize;
+		sg_set_buf(&sg[0], hmac_tv[i].plaintext, hmac_tv[i].psize);
 
 		crypto_hmac(tfm, hmac_tv[i].key, &klen, sg, 1, result);
 
@@ -243,10 +233,8 @@
 				       hmac_tv[i].plaintext + temp,
 				       hmac_tv[i].tap[k]);
 				temp += hmac_tv[i].tap[k];
-				p = &xbuf[IDX[k]];
-				sg[k].page = virt_to_page(p);
-				sg[k].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-				sg[k].length = hmac_tv[i].tap[k];
+				sg_set_buf(&sg[k], &xbuf[IDX[k]],
+					    hmac_tv[i].tap[k]);
 			}
 
 			crypto_hmac(tfm, hmac_tv[i].key, &klen, sg,
@@ -270,7 +258,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned int ret, i, j, k, temp;
 	unsigned int tsize;
-	char *p, *q;
+	char *q;
 	struct crypto_tfm *tfm;
 	char *key;
 	struct cipher_testvec *cipher_tv;
@@ -330,10 +318,8 @@
 					goto out;
 			}
 
-			p = cipher_tv[i].input;
-			sg[0].page = virt_to_page(p);
-			sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-			sg[0].length = cipher_tv[i].ilen;
+			sg_set_buf(&sg[0], cipher_tv[i].input,
+				   cipher_tv[i].ilen);
 
 			if (!mode) {
 				crypto_cipher_set_iv(tfm, cipher_tv[i].iv,
@@ -389,10 +375,8 @@
 				       cipher_tv[i].input + temp,
 				       cipher_tv[i].tap[k]);
 				temp += cipher_tv[i].tap[k];
-				p = &xbuf[IDX[k]];
-				sg[k].page = virt_to_page(p);
-				sg[k].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-				sg[k].length = cipher_tv[i].tap[k];
+				sg_set_buf(&sg[k], &xbuf[IDX[k]],
+					   cipher_tv[i].tap[k]);
 			}
 
 			if (!mode) {
@@ -431,14 +415,12 @@
 static int test_cipher_jiffies(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, int enc, char *p,
 			       int blen, int sec)
 {
-	struct scatterlist sg[8];
+	struct scatterlist sg[1];
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	int bcount;
 	int ret;
 
-	sg[0].page = virt_to_page(p);
-	sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-	sg[0].length = blen;
+	sg_set_buf(sg, p, blen);
 
 	for (start = jiffies, end = start + sec * HZ, bcount = 0;
 	     time_before(jiffies, end); bcount++) {
@@ -459,14 +441,12 @@
 static int test_cipher_cycles(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, int enc, char *p,
 			      int blen)
 {
-	struct scatterlist sg[8];
+	struct scatterlist sg[1];
 	unsigned long cycles = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	sg[0].page = virt_to_page(p);
-	sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(p);
-	sg[0].length = blen;
+	sg_set_buf(sg, p, blen);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -709,9 +689,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < NUMVEC; i++) {
 		for (j = 0; j < VECSIZE; j++)
 			test_vec[i][j] = ++b;
-		sg[i].page = virt_to_page(test_vec[i]);
-		sg[i].offset = offset_in_page(test_vec[i]);
-		sg[i].length = VECSIZE;
+		sg_set_buf(&sg[i], test_vec[i], VECSIZE);
 	}
 
 	seed = SEEDTESTVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 28c1a62..cf66310 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
 #include "dm.h"
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	sg.page = virt_to_page(cc->key);
-	sg.offset = offset_in_page(cc->key);
-	sg.length = cc->key_size;
+	sg_set_buf(&sg, cc->key, cc->key_size);
 	crypto_digest_digest(hash_tfm, &sg, 1, salt);
 	crypto_free_tfm(hash_tfm);
 
@@ -207,14 +205,12 @@
 
 static int crypt_iv_essiv_gen(struct crypt_config *cc, u8 *iv, sector_t sector)
 {
-	struct scatterlist sg = { NULL, };
+	struct scatterlist sg;
 
 	memset(iv, 0, cc->iv_size);
 	*(u64 *)iv = cpu_to_le64(sector);
 
-	sg.page = virt_to_page(iv);
-	sg.offset = offset_in_page(iv);
-	sg.length = cc->iv_size;
+	sg_set_buf(&sg, iv, cc->iv_size);
 	crypto_cipher_encrypt((struct crypto_tfm *)cc->iv_gen_private,
 	                      &sg, &sg, cc->iv_size);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
index 4c11699..750c016 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
@@ -1590,11 +1591,9 @@
 		aes_counter[12] = (u8)(counter >> 24);
 		counter++;
 		memcpy (plain, aes_counter, 16);
-		sg[0].page = virt_to_page(plain);
-		sg[0].offset = ((long) plain & ~PAGE_MASK);
-		sg[0].length = 16;
+		sg_set_buf(sg, plain, 16);
 		crypto_cipher_encrypt(tfm, sg, sg, 16);
-		cipher = kmap(sg[0].page) + sg[0].offset;
+		cipher = kmap(sg->page) + sg->offset;
 		for (j=0; (j<16) && (i< (sizeof(context->coeff)/sizeof(context->coeff[0]))); ) {
 			context->coeff[i++] = ntohl(*(u32 *)&cipher[j]);
 			j += 4;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arm/scsi.h b/drivers/scsi/arm/scsi.h
index 48e1c4d..1993764 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arm/scsi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arm/scsi.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  *  Commonly used scsi driver functions.
  */
 
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+
 #define BELT_AND_BRACES
 
 /*
@@ -22,9 +24,7 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(bufs + 1 > max);
 
-	sg->page   = virt_to_page(SCp->ptr);
-	sg->offset = offset_in_page(SCp->ptr);
-	sg->length = SCp->this_residual;
+	sg_set_buf(sg, SCp->ptr, SCp->this_residual);
 
 	if (bufs)
 		memcpy(sg + 1, SCp->buffer + 1,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index b1b1c6f..5ca9760 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #include "scsi.h"
 #include "scsi_priv.h"
@@ -2576,19 +2577,12 @@
 
 void ata_sg_init_one(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, void *buf, unsigned int buflen)
 {
-	struct scatterlist *sg;
-
 	qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_SINGLE;
 
-	memset(&qc->sgent, 0, sizeof(qc->sgent));
 	qc->sg = &qc->sgent;
 	qc->n_elem = 1;
 	qc->buf_virt = buf;
-
-	sg = qc->sg;
-	sg->page = virt_to_page(buf);
-	sg->offset = (unsigned long) buf & ~PAGE_MASK;
-	sg->length = buflen;
+	sg_init_one(qc->sg, buf, buflen);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 2d30b46..d86d5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 #include "scsi.h"
 #include <scsi/scsi_dbg.h>
@@ -1996,9 +1997,7 @@
 				if (!p)
 					break;
 			}
-			sclp->page = virt_to_page(p);
-			sclp->offset = offset_in_page(p);
-			sclp->length = ret_sz;
+			sg_set_buf(sclp, p, ret_sz);
 
 			SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(5, printk("sg_build_build: k=%d, a=0x%p, len=%d\n",
 					  k, sg_scatg2virt(sclp), ret_sz));
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
index 90a9625..2997f558 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@
 	sg = kmalloc (nents * sizeof *sg, SLAB_KERNEL);
 	if (!sg)
 		return NULL;
-	memset (sg, 0, nents * sizeof *sg);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nents; i++) {
 		char		*buf;
@@ -394,9 +393,7 @@
 		memset (buf, 0, size);
 
 		/* kmalloc pages are always physically contiguous! */
-		sg [i].page = virt_to_page (buf);
-		sg [i].offset = offset_in_page (buf);
-		sg [i].length = size;
+		sg_init_one(&sg[i], buf, size);
 
 		if (vary) {
 			size += vary;
diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index 7f717e9..66ff545 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SCATTERLIST_H
 #define _LINUX_SCATTERLIST_H
 
-static inline void sg_init_one(struct scatterlist *sg,
-			       u8 *buf, unsigned int buflen)
-{
-	memset(sg, 0, sizeof(*sg));
+#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
+static inline void sg_set_buf(struct scatterlist *sg, void *buf,
+			      unsigned int buflen)
+{
 	sg->page = virt_to_page(buf);
 	sg->offset = offset_in_page(buf);
 	sg->length = buflen;
 }
 
+static inline void sg_init_one(struct scatterlist *sg, void *buf,
+			       unsigned int buflen)
+{
+	memset(sg, 0, sizeof(*sg));
+	sg_set_buf(sg, buf, buflen);
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SCATTERLIST_H */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a970b47..41edc14 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1217,12 +1217,8 @@
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct scatterlist sg[2];
 
-	sg[0].page = virt_to_page(idev->entropy);
-	sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(idev->entropy);
-	sg[0].length = 8;
-	sg[1].page = virt_to_page(idev->work_eui64);
-	sg[1].offset = offset_in_page(idev->work_eui64);
-	sg[1].length = 8;
+	sg_set_buf(&sg[0], idev->entropy, 8);
+	sg_set_buf(&sg[1], idev->work_eui64, 8);
 
 	dev = idev->dev;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
index 3f3d543..97c981f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <asm/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@
 		memcpy(local_iv, iv, crypto_tfm_alg_ivsize(tfm));
 
 	memcpy(out, in, length);
-	sg[0].page = virt_to_page(out);
-	sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(out);
-	sg[0].length = length;
+	sg_set_buf(sg, out, length);
 
 	ret = crypto_cipher_encrypt_iv(tfm, sg, sg, length, local_iv);
 
@@ -117,9 +115,7 @@
 		memcpy(local_iv,iv, crypto_tfm_alg_ivsize(tfm));
 
 	memcpy(out, in, length);
-	sg[0].page = virt_to_page(out);
-	sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(out);
-	sg[0].length = length;
+	sg_set_buf(sg, out, length);
 
 	ret = crypto_cipher_decrypt_iv(tfm, sg, sg, length, local_iv);
 
@@ -132,13 +128,6 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(krb5_decrypt);
 
-static void
-buf_to_sg(struct scatterlist *sg, char *ptr, int len) {
-	sg->page = virt_to_page(ptr);
-	sg->offset = offset_in_page(ptr);
-	sg->length = len;
-}
-
 static int
 process_xdr_buf(struct xdr_buf *buf, int offset, int len,
 		int (*actor)(struct scatterlist *, void *), void *data)
@@ -152,7 +141,7 @@
 		thislen = buf->head[0].iov_len - offset;
 		if (thislen > len)
 			thislen = len;
-		buf_to_sg(sg, buf->head[0].iov_base + offset, thislen);
+		sg_set_buf(sg, buf->head[0].iov_base + offset, thislen);
 		ret = actor(sg, data);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -195,7 +184,7 @@
 		thislen = buf->tail[0].iov_len - offset;
 		if (thislen > len)
 			thislen = len;
-		buf_to_sg(sg, buf->tail[0].iov_base + offset, thislen);
+		sg_set_buf(sg, buf->tail[0].iov_base + offset, thislen);
 		ret = actor(sg, data);
 		len -= thislen;
 	}
@@ -241,7 +230,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	crypto_digest_init(tfm);
-	buf_to_sg(sg, header, hdrlen);
+	sg_set_buf(sg, header, hdrlen);
 	crypto_digest_update(tfm, sg, 1);
 	process_xdr_buf(body, body_offset, body->len - body_offset,
 			checksummer, tfm);