blk_stop_queue(9)
NAME
blk_stop_queue - stop a queue
SYNOPSIS
void blk_stop_queue(struct request_queue * q);
ARGUMENTS
- q
- The struct request_queue in question
DESCRIPTION
The Linux block layer assumes that a block driver will consume all
entries on the request queue when the request_fn strategy is called.
Often this will not happen, because of hardware limitations (queue
depth settings). If a device driver gets a ´queue full´ response, or if
it simply chooses not to queue more I/O at one point, it can call this
function to prevent the request_fn from being called until the driver
has signalled it´s ready to go again. This happens by calling
blk_start_queue to restart queue operations. Queue lock must be held.