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| author | Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> | 2022-02-02 17:01:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2022-02-04 15:43:18 +0100 |
| commit | abfc426d1b2fb2176df59851a64223b58ddae7e7 (patch) | |
| tree | c5ee019a325bee6b7f158ff409f383781186fa3f /Documentation/block | |
| parent | block: initialize the target bio in __bio_clone_fast (diff) | |
| download | linux-abfc426d1b2fb2176df59851a64223b58ddae7e7.tar.xz linux-abfc426d1b2fb2176df59851a64223b58ddae7e7.zip | |
block: pass a block_device to bio_clone_fast
Pass a block_device to bio_clone_fast and __bio_clone_fast and give
the functions more suitable names.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220202160109.108149-14-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/biodoc.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.rst b/Documentation/block/biodoc.rst index 2098477851a4..4fbc367e62f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.rst @@ -663,11 +663,6 @@ to i/o submission, if the bio fields are likely to be accessed after the i/o is issued (since the bio may otherwise get freed in case i/o completion happens in the meantime). -The bio_clone_fast() routine may be used to duplicate a bio, where the clone -shares the bio_vec_list with the original bio (i.e. both point to the -same bio_vec_list). This would typically be used for splitting i/o requests -in lvm or md. - 3.2 Generic bio helper Routines ------------------------------- |