blk_insert_cloned_request(9)

💅 blk_insert_cloned_request(9) 💅

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the blk_insert_cloned_request(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. this function is the helper for stacking drivers to submit a request — that’s literally the whole name-and-job situation, no cap. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole call looks like this, and yes you can screenshot it:

blk_status_t blk_insert_cloned_request (struct request *rq );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

one argument, one little queued request. here’s the tea:

• rq — the request being queued. periodt. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie, the kernel file is ./block/blk-mq.c, and if you wanna fall down the cross-reference rabbit hole (iykyk), here’s the full squad:

• blk_mq_wait_quiesce_done(9)
• blk_mq_quiesce_queue(9)
• blk_update_request(9)
• blk_mq_complete_request(9)
• blk_mq_start_request(9)
• blk_execute_rq_nowait(9)
• blk_execute_rq(9)
• blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(9)
• blk_mq_run_hw_queue(9)
• blk_mq_run_hw_queues(9)
• blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queues(9)
• blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(9)
• blk_mq_try_issue_directly(9)
• blk_mq_submit_bio(9)
• blk_rq_unprep_clone(9)
• blk_rq_prep_clone(9)
• blk_mq_destroy_queue(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie — blk_insert_cloned_request(9) out. source/version ./block, date October 2026. mwah 💋✨