FIND_LOCK_PAGE
Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
find_lock_page - locate, pin and lock a pagecache page
SYNOPSIS
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struct page * find_lock_page(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t offset);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
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- the address_space to search
offset
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the page index
DESCRIPTION
Locates the desired pagecache page, locks it, increments its reference count and returns its address.
Returns zero if the page was not present.
find_lock_page
may sleep.
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