BIO_KMALLOC

Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

bio_kmalloc - allocate a bio for I/O using kmalloc  

SYNOPSIS

struct bio * bio_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs);
 

ARGUMENTS

gfp_mask

the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator

nr_iovecs

number of iovecs to pre-allocate
 

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a new bio with nr_iovecs bvecs. If gfp_mask contains __GFP_WAIT, the allocation is guaranteed to succeed.  

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