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author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-11-12 00:59:04 +0100 |
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committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-11-12 00:59:04 +0100 |
commit | 0526484aa345adbf790d1201a6f5d09be0a648a3 (patch) | |
tree | 8da37ac2858a960e80dc59ebc4afc460935724f4 /fs/bio.c | |
parent | powerpc/kvm: Fix non-modular build (diff) | |
parent | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -325,8 +325,16 @@ static void bio_fs_destructor(struct bio *bio) * @gfp_mask: allocation mask to use * @nr_iovecs: number of iovecs * - * Allocate a new bio with @nr_iovecs bvecs. If @gfp_mask - * contains __GFP_WAIT, the allocation is guaranteed to succeed. + * bio_alloc will allocate a bio and associated bio_vec array that can hold + * at least @nr_iovecs entries. Allocations will be done from the + * fs_bio_set. Also see @bio_alloc_bioset and @bio_kmalloc. + * + * If %__GFP_WAIT is set, then bio_alloc will always be able to allocate + * a bio. This is due to the mempool guarantees. To make this work, callers + * must never allocate more than 1 bio at a time from this pool. Callers + * that need to allocate more than 1 bio must always submit the previously + * allocated bio for IO before attempting to allocate a new one. Failure to + * do so can cause livelocks under memory pressure. * * RETURNS: * Pointer to new bio on success, NULL on failure. @@ -350,21 +358,13 @@ static void bio_kmalloc_destructor(struct bio *bio) } /** - * bio_alloc - allocate a bio for I/O + * bio_kmalloc - allocate a bio for I/O using kmalloc() * @gfp_mask: the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator * @nr_iovecs: number of iovecs to pre-allocate * * Description: - * bio_alloc will allocate a bio and associated bio_vec array that can hold - * at least @nr_iovecs entries. Allocations will be done from the - * fs_bio_set. Also see @bio_alloc_bioset. - * - * If %__GFP_WAIT is set, then bio_alloc will always be able to allocate - * a bio. This is due to the mempool guarantees. To make this work, callers - * must never allocate more than 1 bio at a time from this pool. Callers - * that need to allocate more than 1 bio must always submit the previously - * allocated bio for IO before attempting to allocate a new one. Failure to - * do so can cause livelocks under memory pressure. + * Allocate a new bio with @nr_iovecs bvecs. If @gfp_mask contains + * %__GFP_WAIT, the allocation is guaranteed to succeed. * **/ struct bio *bio_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs) @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(zero_fill_bio); * * Description: * Put a reference to a &struct bio, either one you have gotten with - * bio_alloc or bio_get. The last put of a bio will free it. + * bio_alloc, bio_get or bio_clone. The last put of a bio will free it. **/ void bio_put(struct bio *bio) { |