__BREAD

Section: LINUX (9)
Updated: August 2005
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NAME

__bread - reads a specified block and returns the bh  

SYNOPSIS

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

 

ARGUMENTS

bdev
the block_device to read from

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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