1BLK_RELEASE_QUEUE(9)             Block Devices            BLK_RELEASE_QUEUE(9)
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NAME

6       blk_release_queue - release a struct request_queue when it is no longer
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SYNOPSIS

10       void blk_release_queue(struct kobject * kobj);
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ARGUMENTS

13       kobj
14           the kobj belonging of the request queue to be released
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DESCRIPTION

17       blk_cleanup_queue is the pair to blk_init_queue or
18       blk_queue_make_request. It should be called when a request queue is
19       being released; typically when a block device is being de-registered.
20       Currently, its primary task it to free all the struct request
21       structures that were allocated to the queue and the queue itself.
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CAVEAT

24       Hopefully the low level driver will have finished any outstanding
25       requests first...
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.         June 2019              BLK_RELEASE_QUEUE(9)
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