bio_kmalloc9
Allocate a bio for i/o using kmalloc
Usage
struct bio * bio_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int nr_iovecs);
Arguments
gfp_mask
the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
nr_iovecs
number of iovecs to pre-allocate
Overview
Allocate a new bio with nr_iovecs bvecs. If gfp_mask contains __GFP_WAIT, the allocation is guaranteed to succeed.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.