blk_mq_reque...ypass_insert(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 blk_mq_reque...ypass_insert(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

blk_mq_request_bypass_insert — insert a request at dispatch list. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void blk_mq_request_bypass_insert (struct request *rq , blk_insert_t
flags );

like, look at her. two args, no return value, main character energy 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rq — pointer to the request you're inserting 💌 literally just a pointer to the request, no cap.
  • flags — BLK_MQ_INSERT_* 🌈 the flag family, iykyk.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so listen. this one is careful-only territory, fr fr — you should only use it carefully, and only when the caller knows we want to bypass a potential IO scheduler on the target device. like, actually knows. not guessing. not "it'll probably be fine" 😭 the scheduler is right there and you're deliberately stepping around it, so be sure that's the move 💅

ngl this is giving "handle with care" energy — it's not the default path, it's the bypass path 🚧

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

it lives in the kernel file ./block/blk-mq.c 🍓 and here's the whole friend group, all of them, every single one:

⭐ and that's the page!! this lil guy came out of ./block back in October 2026, so like, shoutout to that directory and that date, periodt 💜 go forth and bypass responsibly bestie 💅✨

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