BIO_KMALLOC
Section: The Linux VFS (9)
Updated: February 2011
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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.
 
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