'\" t .\" Title: blk_limits_io_min .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: January 2017 .\" Manual: Block Devices .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "BLK_LIMITS_IO_MIN" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Block Devices" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" blk_limits_io_min \- set minimum request size for a device .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'void\ blk_limits_io_min('u .BI "void blk_limits_io_min(struct\ queue_limits\ *\ " "limits" ", unsigned\ int\ " "min" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIlimits\fR .RS 4 the queue limits .RE .PP \fImin\fR .RS 4 smallest I/O size in bytes .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Some devices have an internal block size bigger than the reported hardware sector size\&. This function can be used to signal the smallest I/O the device can perform without incurring a performance penalty\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br