send_bio_to_device(9)

okay bestie, welcome to send_bio_to_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is giving “update the stats and tracing info, then submit the supplied bio to the OS for processing” — simple, iconic, no cap ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

send_bio_to_device — updates stats and tracing info, then submits the supplied bio to the OS for processing. That’s the whole serve, bestie 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void send_bio_to_device (struct vio *vio , struct bio *bio );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vio — the vio associated with the bio. It’s the linked buddy, iykyk 💜
• bio — the bio to submit to the OS. Send it, slay 🫶

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/io-submitter.c, plus this whole iconic crew:

• count_all_bios(9)
• assert_in_bio_zone(9)
• vdo_submit_vio(9)
• get_bio_list(9)
• submit_data_vio(9)
• get_mergeable_locked(9)
• try_bio_map_merge(9)
• vdo_submit_data_vio(9)
• __submit_metadata_vio(9)
• vdo_submit_metadata_vio_wait(9)
• vdo_make_io_submitter(9)
• vdo_cleanup_io_submitter(9)
• vdo_free_io_submitter(9)

source/version: ./drivers/md/dm-vdo 🌈 · date: October 2026 🎀 — mwah 💋