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.TH "__BREAD" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
__bread \- reads a specified block and returns the bh
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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struct buffer_head * __bread  (struct block_device * \fIbdev\fB, sector_t \fIblock\fB, int \fIsize\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIbdev\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.TP
\fB\fIblock\fB\fR
number of block
.TP
\fB\fIsize\fB\fR
size (in bytes) to read
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Reads a specified block, and returns buffer head that contains it.
It returns NULL if the block was unreadable.