SUBMIT_BIO
Section: Block Devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
submit_bio - submit a bio to the block device layer for I/O
SYNOPSIS
-
void submit_bio(int rw, struct bio * bio);
ARGUMENTS
rw
-
- whether to
READ
or
WRITE, or maybe to
READA
(read ahead)
bio
-
The
struct bio
which describes the I/O
DESCRIPTION
submit_bio
is very similar in purpose to
generic_make_request, and uses that function to do most of the work. Both are fairly rough interfaces;
bio
must be presetup and ready for I/O.
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