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.\"    Manual: Block Devices
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.TH "BLK_RELEASE_QUEUE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Block Devices"
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.SH "NAME"
blk_release_queue \- release a struct request_queue when it is no longer needed
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ blk_release_queue('u
.BI "void blk_release_queue(struct\ kobject\ *\ " "kobj" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIkobj\fR
.RS 4
the kobj belonging to the request queue to be released
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
blk_release_queue is the pair to
\fBblk_init_queue\fR
or
\fBblk_queue_make_request\fR\&. It should be called when a request queue is being released; typically when a block device is being de\-registered\&. Currently, its primary task it to free all the
struct request
structures that were allocated to the queue and the queue itself\&.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
The low level driver must have finished any outstanding requests first via
\fBblk_cleanup_queue\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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