READ_CACHE_PAGE_ASYN(9) Memory Management in Linux READ_CACHE_PAGE_ASYN(9)NAMEread_cache_page_async - read into page cache, fill it if needed
SYNOPSIS
struct page * read_cache_page_async(struct address_space * mapping,
pgoff_t index,
int (*filler) (void *, struct page *),
void * data);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
the page´s address_space
index
the page index
filler
function to perform the read
data
first arg to filler(data, page) function, often left as NULL
DESCRIPTION
Same as read_cache_page, but don´t wait for page to become unlocked
after submitting it to the filler.
Read into the page cache. If a page already exists, and PageUptodate is
not set, try to fill the page but don´t wait for it to become unlocked.
If the page does not get brought uptodate, return -EIO.
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