PAGE_CACHE_ASYNC_REA
Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
page_cache_async_readahead - file readahead for marked pages
SYNOPSIS
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void page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space * mapping, struct file_ra_state * ra, struct file * filp, struct page * page, pgoff_t offset, unsigned long req_size);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
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- address_space which holds the pagecache and I/O vectors
ra
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file_ra_state which holds the readahead state
filp
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passed on to ->readpage
and ->readpages
page
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the page at
offset
which has the PG_readahead flag set
offset
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start offset into
mapping, in pagecache page-sized units
req_size
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hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in pagecache pages
DESCRIPTION
page_cache_async_readahead
should be called when a page is used which has the PG_readahead flag; this is a marker to suggest that the application has used up enough of the readahead window that we should start pulling in more pages.
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