FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)             Memory Management in Linux            FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)



NAME
       find_get_pages_contig - gang contiguous pagecache lookup

SYNOPSIS
       unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t index,
                                      unsigned int nr_pages, struct page ** pages);

ARGUMENTS
       mapping
           The address_space to search

       index
           The starting page index

       nr_pages
           The maximum number of pages

       pages
           Where the resulting pages are placed

DESCRIPTION
       find_get_pages_contig works exactly like find_get_pages, except that the returned number
       of pages are guaranteed to be contiguous.

       find_get_pages_contig returns the number of pages which were found.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                   FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)