GENERIC_FILE_AIO_REA(9) Memory Management in Linux GENERIC_FILE_AIO_REA(9)NAMEgeneric_file_aio_read - generic filesystem read routine
SYNOPSIS
ssize_t generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb * iocb,
const struct iovec * iov,
unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos);
ARGUMENTS
iocb
kernel I/O control block
iov
io vector request
nr_segs
number of segments in the iovec
pos
current file position
DESCRIPTION
This is the “read” routine for all filesystems that can use the page
cache directly.
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