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.\"      Date: June 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "BIO_ADVANCE" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
bio_advance \- increment/complete a bio by some number of bytes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ bio_advance('u
.BI "void bio_advance(struct\ bio\ *\ " "bio" ", unsigned\ " "bytes" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct bio * bio\fR
.RS 4
bio to advance
.RE
.PP
\fIunsigned bytes\fR
.RS 4
number of bytes to complete
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This updates bi_sector, bi_size and bi_idx; if the number of bytes to complete doesn\*(Aqt align with a bvec boundary, then bv_len and bv_offset will be updated on the last bvec as well\&.
.PP
\fIbio\fR
will then represent the remaining, uncompleted portion of the io\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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