bioclone - clone another buffer
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
struct buf *bioclone(struct buf *bp, off_t off, size_t len, dev_t dev,
daddr_t blkno, int (*iodone) (struct buf *), struct buf *bp_mem,
int sleepflag);
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI).
bp
Pointer to the
buf(9S) structure describing the
original
I/O request.
off
Offset within original I/O request where new
I/O request should start.
len
Length of the I/O request.
dev
Device number.
blkno
Block number on device.
iodone
bp_mem
Pointer to a buffer structure to be filled in or NULL.
sleepflag
Determines whether caller can sleep for memory. Possible
flags are KM_SLEEP to allow sleeping until memory is available, or
KM_NOSLEEP to return NULL immediately if memory is not
available.
The bioclone() function returns an initialized buffer to perform
I/O to a portion of another buffer. The new buffer will be set up to
perform I/O to the range within the original I/O request
specified by the parameters off and len. An offset 0
starts the new I/O request at the same address as the original request.
off + len must not exceed b_bcount, the length of the
original request. The device number dev specifies the device to which
the buffer is to perform I/O. blkno is the block number on
device. It will be assigned to the b_blkno field of the cloned buffer
structure. iodone lets the driver identify a specific
biodone(9F) routine to be called by the driver when the I/O is
complete. bp_mem determines from where the space for the buffer should
be allocated. If bp_mem is NULL, bioclone() will allocate
a new buffer using getrbuf(9F). If sleepflag is set to
KM_SLEEP, the driver may sleep until space is freed up. If
sleepflag is set to KM_NOSLEEP, the driver will not sleep. In
either case, a pointer to the allocated space is returned or NULL to
indicate that no space was available. After the transfer is completed, the
buffer has to be freed using freerbuf(9F). If bp_mem is not
NULL, it will be used as the space for the buffer structure. The driver
has to ensure that bp_mem is initialized properly either using
getrbuf(9F) or bioinit(9F).
If the original buffer is mapped into the kernel virtual address
space using bp_mapin(9F) before calling bioclone(), a clone
buffer will share the kernel mapping of the original buffer. An additional
bp_mapin() to get a kernel mapping for the clone buffer is not
necessary.
The driver has to ensure that the original buffer is not freed
while any of the clone buffers is still performing I/O. The
biodone() function has to be called on all clone buffers
before it is called on the original buffer.
The bioclone() function returns a pointer to the initialized buffer
header, or NULL if no space is available.
The bioclone() function can be called from user, interrup, or interrupt
context. Drivers must not allow bioclone() to sleep if called from an
interrupt routine.
Example 1 Using bioclone() for Disk Striping
A device driver can use bioclone() for disk striping. For
each disk in the stripe, a clone buffer is created which performs I/O
to a portion of the original buffer.
static int
stripe_strategy(struct buf *bp)
{
...
bp_orig = bp;
bp_1 = bioclone(bp_orig, 0, size_1, dev_1, blkno_1,
stripe_done, NULL, KM_SLEEP);
fragment++;
...
bp_n = bioclone(bp_orig, offset_n, size_n, dev_n,
blkno_n, stripe_done, NULL, KM_SLEEP);
fragment++;
/* submit bp_1 ... bp_n to device */
xxstrategy(bp_x);
return (0);
}
static uint_t
xxintr(caddr_t arg)
{
...
/*
* get bp of completed subrequest. biodone(9F) will
* call stripe_done()
*/
biodone(bp);
return (0);
}
static int
stripe_done(struct buf *bp)
{
...
freerbuf(bp);
fragment--;
if (fragment == 0) {
/* get bp_orig */
biodone(bp_orig);
}
return (0);
}