disk_alloc_i...ccess_ranges(9)

💖 NAME 💖

disk_alloc_independent_access_ranges — bestie, this is the function that literally allocates an independent access ranges data structure ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct blk_independent_access_ranges *
disk_alloc_independent_access_ranges (struct gendisk *disk , int nr_ia_ranges );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• disk — the target disk, like the main character of this whole operation 💅
• nr_ia_ranges — how many independent access ranges you want, no cap 🔥

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so what this does is it allocates a struct blk_independent_access_ranges structure, and it comes with nr_ia_ranges access range descriptors — that's the whole vibe, that's the assignment, and it ate 💖

ngl it's giving "small but mighty" — one structure, the exact number of range descriptors you asked for, iconic behaviour only 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./block/blk-ia-ranges.c
• disk_register_independent_access_ranges(9)
• disk_set_independent_access_ranges(9)

go read those next bestie, they're fr fr part of the same little friend group 👑

kay so that's the whole page!! this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, it's filed under ./block, and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, bye, love u, go allocate responsibly 🧚💜