READ_CACHE_PAGES(9)                 Memory Management in Linux                READ_CACHE_PAGES(9)



NAME
       read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them

SYNOPSIS
       int read_cache_pages(struct address_space * mapping, struct list_head * pages,
                            int (*filler) (void *, struct page *), void * data);

ARGUMENTS
       mapping
           the address_space

       pages
           The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These pages have their
           ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.

       filler
           callback routine for filling a single page.

       data
           private data for the callback routine.

DESCRIPTION
       Hides the details of the LRU cache etc from the filesystems.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                       READ_CACHE_PAGES(9)