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| BIO_ALLOC_BIOSET(9) | The Linux VFS | BIO_ALLOC_BIOSET(9) |
NAME¶
bio_alloc_bioset - allocate a bio for I/O
SYNOPSIS¶
struct bio * bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t 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. If NULL, just use
kmalloc
DESCRIPTION¶
bio_alloc_bioset will first try its own 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. If a NULL bs is passed in, we will fall back to just using kmalloc to allocate the required memory.
Note that the caller must set ->bi_destructor on succesful return of a bio, to do the appropriate freeing of the bio once the reference count drops to zero.
COPYRIGHT¶
| May 2024 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |