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.