__BREAD

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NAME

__bread - reads a specified block and returns the bh  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

struct buffer_head * __bread (struct block_device * bdev, sector_t block, int size);  

ARGUMENTS

bdev
-- undescribed --
block
number of block
size
size (in bytes) to read
 

DESCRIPTION

Reads a specified block, and returns buffer head that contains it. It returns NULL if the block was unreadable.


 

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