BIO_ALLOC_BIOSET
Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME
bio_alloc_bioset - allocate a bio for I/O
SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
struct bio * bio_alloc_bioset (unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set * bs);
ARGUMENTS
- gfp_mask
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the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
- nr_iovecs
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number of iovecs to pre-allocate
- bs
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the bio_set to allocate from
DESCRIPTION
bio_alloc_bioset will first try it's on mempool to satisfy the allocation.
If __GFP_WAIT is set then we will block on the internal pool waiting
for a &struct bio to become free.
allocate bio and iovecs from the memory pools specified by the
bio_set structure.
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