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.