FIND_GET_PAGES

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

find_get_pages - gang pagecache lookup  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

unsigned find_get_pages (struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t start, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page ** pages);  

ARGUMENTS

mapping
The address_space to search
start
The starting page index
nr_pages
The maximum number of pages
pages
Where the resulting pages are placed
 

DESCRIPTION

find_get_pages will search for and return a group of up to nr_pages pages in the mapping. The pages are placed at pages. find_get_pages takes a reference against the returned pages.

The search returns a group of mapping-contiguous pages with ascending indexes. There may be holes in the indices due to not-present pages.

find_get_pages returns the number of pages which were found.


 

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