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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Max Kanushin <rextuz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Question about request queues in I/O scheduling
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Max Kanushin <rextuz@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I was searching for a way to find out the length of a request_queue
> (that is defined as a structure in
> linux/include/linux/blkdev.h). However I am new to the kernel
> development and can't figure out where is the actual list of requests
> to be processed by an elevator.
> Is there a way to iterate requests in a queue or at least find a
> number of them?

Hi, Max,

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Cheers,
Jeff