BLK_CLEANUP_QUEUE

Section: (9)
Updated: 17 July 2003
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NAME

blk_cleanup_queue - release a request_queue_t when it is no longer needed  

SYNOPSIS

void blk_cleanup_queue (request_queue_t * q);  

ARGUMENTS

q
the request queue to be released
 

DESCRIPTION

blk_cleanup_queue is the pair to blk_init_queue. It should be called when a request queue is being released; typically when a block device is being de-registered. Currently, its primary task it to free all the &struct request structures that were allocated to the queue.  

CAVEAT

Hopefully the low level driver will have finished any outstanding requests first...  

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