submit_bio(9)

submit_bio9

Submit a bio to the block device layer for i/o

Usage

blk_qc_t submit_bio(struct bio * bio);

Arguments

bio

The struct bio which describes the I/O

Overview

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.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.