blk_queue_bounce_limit(9)

blk_queue_bounce_limit9

Set bounce buffer limit for queue

Usage

void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue * q, u64 max_addr);

Arguments

q

the request queue for the device

max_addr

the maximum address the device can handle

Overview

Different hardware can have different requirements as to what pages it can do I/O directly to. A low level driver can call blk_queue_bounce_limit to have lower memory pages allocated as bounce buffers for doing I/O to pages residing above max_addr.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.