linux man page for vop_strategy

Query: vop_strategy

OS: linux

Section: 9

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VOP_STRATEGY(9) 					   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					   VOP_STRATEGY(9)

NAME
VOP_STRATEGY -- read or write a file system buffer
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/vnode.h> int VOP_STRATEGY(struct vnode *vp, struct buf *bp);
DESCRIPTION
The arguments are: vp The vnode that the buffer is for. bp The buffer to be read or written. This call either reads or writes data from a file, depending on the value of bp->b_io.bio_cmd. The call may block.
RETURN VALUES
Always zero. Errors should be signalled by setting BIO_ERROR on b_ioflags field in struct buf, and setting b_error to the appropriate errno value.
SEE ALSO
vnode(9)
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.
BSD
July 24, 1996 BSD
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