BIO_MAP_USER

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

bio_map_user - map user address into bio  

SYNOPSIS

struct bio * bio_map_user(struct request_queue * q, struct block_device * bdev, unsigned long uaddr, unsigned int len, int write_to_vm, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 

ARGUMENTS

q

the struct request_queue for the bio

bdev

destination block device

uaddr

start of user address

len

length in bytes

write_to_vm

bool indicating writing to pages or not

gfp_mask

memory allocation flags
 

DESCRIPTION

Map the user space address into a bio suitable for io to a block device. Returns an error pointer in case of error.  

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