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| READ_CACHE_PAGE_GFP(9) | Memory Management in Linux | READ_CACHE_PAGE_GFP(9) |
NAME¶
read_cache_page_gfp - read into page cache, using specified page allocation flags.
SYNOPSIS¶
struct page * read_cache_page_gfp(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t index, gfp_t gfp);
ARGUMENTS¶
struct address_space * mapping
the page's address_space
pgoff_t index
the page index
gfp_t gfp
the page allocator flags to use if allocating
DESCRIPTION¶
This is the same as “read_mapping_page(mapping, index, NULL)”, but with any new page allocations done using the specified allocation flags.
If the page does not get brought uptodate, return -EIO.
COPYRIGHT¶
| July 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11 |