bfin_5xx: misplaced parentheses

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / fs / bio.c

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index a040cde..cd42bb8 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -348,6 +348,24 @@ err:
        return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bio_alloc - allocate a bio for I/O
+ * @gfp_mask:   the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
+ * @nr_iovecs: number of iovecs to pre-allocate
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   bio_alloc will allocate a bio and associated bio_vec array that can hold
+ *   at least @nr_iovecs entries. Allocations will be done from the
+ *   fs_bio_set. Also see @bio_alloc_bioset.
+ *
+ *   If %__GFP_WAIT is set, then bio_alloc will always be able to allocate
+ *   a bio. This is due to the mempool guarantees. To make this work, callers
+ *   must never allocate more than 1 bio at the time from this pool. Callers
+ *   that need to allocate more than 1 bio must always submit the previously
+ *   allocate bio for IO before attempting to allocate a new one. Failure to
+ *   do so can cause livelocks under memory pressure.
+ *
+ **/
 struct bio *bio_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs)
 {
        struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, fs_bio_set);
@@ -1420,8 +1438,7 @@ static void bio_pair_end_2(struct bio *bi, int err)
 }
 
 /*
- * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page
- * in it's iovec
+ * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page in its iovec
  */
 struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors)
 {