WRITE_PAGES

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NAME

write_pages - write block of data to device via the page cache  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

int write_pages (struct blkmtd_dev * dev, const u_char * buf, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t * retlen);  

ARGUMENTS

dev
device to write to
buf
data source or NULL if erase (output is set to 0xff)
to
offset into output device
len
amount to data to write
retlen
amount of data written
 

DESCRIPTION

Grab pages from the page cache and fill them with the source data. Non page aligned start and end result in a readin of the page and part of the page being modified. Pages are added to the bio and then written out.


 

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