DISK_MAP_SECTOR_RCU

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

disk_map_sector_rcu - map sector to partition  

SYNOPSIS

struct hd_struct * disk_map_sector_rcu(struct gendisk * disk, sector_t sector);
 

ARGUMENTS

disk

gendisk of interest

sector

sector to map
 

DESCRIPTION

Find out which partition sector maps to on disk. This is primarily used for stats accounting.  

CONTEXT

RCU read locked. The returned partition pointer is valid only while preemption is disabled.  

RETURNS

Found partition on success, part0 is returned if no partition matches  

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