PROCESS_THAT_REQUEST_FIRST

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NAME

process_that_request_first - process partial request submission

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

int process_that_request_first (struct request * req, unsigned int nr_sectors);

ARGUMENTS

req: the request being processed
nr_sectors: number of sectors I/O has been submitted on

DESCRIPTION

May be used for processing bio's while submitting I/O without signalling completion. Fails if more data is requested than is available in the request in which case it doesn't advance any pointers.

Assumes a request is correctly set up. No sanity checks.

RETURN

0 - no more data left to submit (not processed) 1 - data available to submit for this request (processed)

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