blk_rq_prep_clone (9) - Linux Manuals

blk_rq_prep_clone: Helper function to setup clone request

Command to display blk_rq_prep_clone manual in Linux: $ man 9 blk_rq_prep_clone

NAME

blk_rq_prep_clone - Helper function to setup clone request

SYNOPSIS

int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request * rq, struct request * rq_src, struct bio_set * bs, gfp_t gfp_mask, int (*bio_ctr) (struct bio *, struct bio *, void *), void * data);

ARGUMENTS

: the request to be setup

rq_src

: original request to be cloned

: bio_set that bios for clone are allocated from

gfp_mask

: memory allocation mask for bio

bio_ctr

: setup function to be called for each clone bio. Returns 0 for success, non 0 for failure.

data

: private data to be passed to bio_ctr

DESCRIPTION

Clones bios in rq_src to rq, and copies attributes of rq_src to rq. The actual data parts of rq_src (e.g. ->cmd, ->sense) are not copied, and copying such parts is the caller's responsibility. Also, pages which the original bios are pointing to are not copied and the cloned bios just point same pages. So cloned bios must be completed before original bios, which means the caller must complete rq before rq_src.