centos man page for blkdev_issue_zeroout

Query: blkdev_issue_zeroout

OS: centos

Section: 9

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BLKDEV_ISSUE_ZEROOUT(9) 					   Block Devices					   BLKDEV_ISSUE_ZEROOUT(9)

NAME
blkdev_issue_zeroout - zero-fill a block range
SYNOPSIS
int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device * bdev, sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask);
ARGUMENTS
bdev blockdev to write sector start sector nr_sects number of sectors to write gfp_mask memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
DESCRIPTION
Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 BLKDEV_ISSUE_ZEROOUT(9)
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