Name
bio_alloc_bioset —
allocate a bio for I/O
Synopsis
struct bio * bio_alloc_bioset (gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set * bs);
Arguments
gfp_mask
the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
nr_iovecs
number of iovecs to pre-allocate
bs
the bio_set to allocate from
Description
bio_alloc_bioset will first try it's on mempool to satisfy the allocation.
If __GFP_WAIT is set then we will block on the internal pool waiting
for a &struct bio to become free.
allocate bio and iovecs from the memory pools specified by the
bio_set structure.