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
the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
nr_iovecs
number of iovecs to pre-allocate
bs
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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