BIO_KMALLOC(9) The Linux VFS BIO_KMALLOC(9)NAMEbio_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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