blk_congestion_wait(9)

blk_congestion_wait9

Wait for a queue to become uncongested

Usage

long blk_congestion_wait(int rw, long timeout);

Arguments

rw

READ or WRITE

timeout

timeout in jiffies

Overview

Waits for up to timeout jiffies for a queue (any queue) to exit congestion. If no queues are congested then just wait for the next request to be returned.

From linux-manual-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.