Query: find_or_create_page
OS: centos
Section: 9
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
FIND_OR_CREATE_PAGE(9) Memory Management in Linux FIND_OR_CREATE_PAGE(9)NAMEfind_or_create_page - locate or add a pagecache pageSYNOPSISstruct page * find_or_create_page(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t index, gfp_t gfp_mask);ARGUMENTSmapping the page's address_space index the page's index into the mapping gfp_mask page allocation modeDESCRIPTIONLooks up the page cache slot at mapping & offset. If there is a page cache page, it is returned locked and with an increased refcount. If the page is not present, a new page is allocated using gfp_mask and added to the page cache and the VM's LRU list. The page is returned locked and with an increased refcount. On memory exhaustion, NULL is returned. find_or_create_page may sleep, even if gfp_flags specifies an atomic allocation!COPYRIGHTKernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 FIND_OR_CREATE_PAGE(9)
Related Man Pages |
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mpage_readpages(9) - suse |
blk_make_request(9) - centos |
mpage_readpages(9) - centos |
vm_page_alloc(9) - debian |
vm_page_remove(9) - debian |
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