bio_alloc — allocate a new bio, memory pool backed
struct bio * bio_alloc ( | gfp_t gfp_mask, |
int nr_iovecs); |
bio_alloc will allocate a bio and associated bio_vec array that can hold
at least nr_iovecs entries. Allocations will be done from the
fs_bio_set. Also see bio_alloc_bioset and bio_kmalloc.
If __GFP_WAIT is set, then bio_alloc will always be able to allocate
a bio. This is due to the mempool guarantees. To make this work, callers
must never allocate more than 1 bio at a time from this pool. Callers
that need to allocate more than 1 bio must always submit the previously
allocated bio for IO before attempting to allocate a new one. Failure to
do so can cause livelocks under memory pressure.