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.TH "BLK_CLEANUP_QUEUE" "9" "13 April 2004" "" ""

.SH NAME
blk_cleanup_queue \- release a request_queue_t when it is no longer needed
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
void blk_cleanup_queue  (request_queue_t * \fIq\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIq\fB\fR
the request queue to be released
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
blk_cleanup_queue is the pair to \fBblk_init_queue\fR or
\fBblk_queue_make_request\fR.  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 and the queue itself.
.SH "CAVEAT"
.PP
Hopefully the low level driver will have finished any
outstanding requests first...
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.1.