.TH "blk_queue_throttle_sectors" 9 "blk_queue_throttle_sectors" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
blk_queue_throttle_sectors \-  indicates you will call sector throttling funcs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "void" blk_queue_throttle_sectors
.BI "(request_queue_t *" q ","
.BI "int " active ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "q" 12
       The queue which this applies to.
.IP "active" 12
  A flag indication if you want sector throttling on
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The sector throttling code allows us to put a limit on the number of
sectors pending io to the disk at a given time, sending \fIactive\fP nonzero
indicates you will call blk_started_sectors and blk_finished_sectors in
addition to calling blk_started_io and blk_finished_io in order to
keep track of the number of sectors in flight.