PROBE::IOBLOCK\&.REQ
Section: IO Scheduler and block IO Taps (3stap)
Updated: November 2020
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NAME
probe::ioblock.request - Fires whenever making a generic block I/O request.
SYNOPSIS
ioblock.request
VALUES
name
-
name of the probe point
sector
-
beginning sector for the entire bio
idx
-
offset into the bio vector array
hw_segments
-
number of segments after physical and DMA remapping hardware coalescing is performed
ino
-
i-node number of the mapped file
size
-
total size in bytes
rw
-
binary trace for read/write request
bdev_contains
-
points to the device object which contains the partition (when bio structure represents a partition)
p_start_sect
-
points to the start sector of the partition structure of the device
devname
-
block device name
flags
-
see below BIO_UPTODATE 0 ok after I/O completion BIO_RW_BLOCK 1 RW_AHEAD set, and read/write would block BIO_EOF 2 out-out-bounds error BIO_SEG_VALID 3 nr_hw_seg valid BIO_CLONED 4 doesn't own data BIO_BOUNCED 5 bio is a bounce bio BIO_USER_MAPPED 6 contains user pages BIO_EOPNOTSUPP 7 not supported
opf
-
operations and flags
phys_segments
-
number of segments in this bio after physical address coalescing is performed
bdev
-
target block device
vcnt
-
bio vector count which represents number of array element (page, offset, length) which make up this I/O request
CONTEXT
The process makes block I/O request
SEE ALSO
tapset::ioblock(3stap)