BLK_RELEASE_QUEUE

Section: Block Devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

blk_release_queue - release a struct request_queue when it is no longer needed

SYNOPSIS

void blk_release_queue(struct kobject * kobj);

ARGUMENTS

kobj

: the kobj belonging of the request queue to be released

DESCRIPTION

blk_cleanup_queue is the pair to blk_init_queue or blk_queue_make_request. It should be called when a request queue is being released; typically when a block device is being de-registered. Currently, its primary task it to free all the struct request structures that were allocated to the queue and the queue itself.

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