blk_queue_make_request — define an alternate make_request function for a device
void blk_queue_make_request ( | struct request_queue * q, |
make_request_fn * mfn) ; |
struct request_queue * q
the request queue for the device to be affected
make_request_fn * mfn
the alternate make_request function
The normal way for struct bios to be passed to a device
driver is for them to be collected into requests on a request
queue, and then to allow the device driver to select requests
off that queue when it is ready. This works well for many block
devices. However some block devices (typically virtual devices
such as md or lvm) do not benefit from the processing on the
request queue, and are served best by having the requests passed
directly to them. This can be achieved by providing a function
to blk_queue_make_request
.
Caveat:
The driver that does this *must* be able to deal appropriately
with buffers in “highmemory”. This can be accomplished by either calling
__bio_kmap_atomic
to get a temporary kernel mapping, or by calling
blk_queue_bounce
to create a buffer in normal memory.