GENERIC_WRITEPAGES(9) Memory Management in Linux GENERIC_WRITEPAGES(9)NAME
generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage all of them.
SYNOPSIS
int generic_writepages(struct address_space * mapping, struct writeback_control * wbc);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
address space structure to write
wbc
subtract the number of written pages from *wbc->nr_to_write
DESCRIPTION
This is a library function, which implements the writepages address_space_operation.
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SF_BUF(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual SF_BUF(9)NAME
sf_buf -- manage temporary kernel address space mapping for memory pages
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/sf_buf.h>
struct sf_buf *
sf_buf_alloc(struct vm_page *m, int flags);
void
sf_buf_free(struct sf_buf *sf);
vm_offset_t
sf_buf_kva(struct sf_buf *sf);
struct vm_page *
sf_buf_page(struct sf_buf *sf);
DESCRIPTION
The sf_buf interface, historically the sendfile(2) buffer interface, allows kernel subsystems to manage temporary kernel address space map-
pings for physical memory pages. On systems with a direct memory map region (allowing all physical pages to be visible in the kernel address
space at all times), the struct sf_buf will point to an address in the direct map region; on systems without a direct memory map region, the
struct sf_buf will manage a temporary kernel address space mapping valid for the lifetime of the struct sf_buf.
Call sf_buf_alloc() to allocate a struct sf_buf for a physical memory page. sf_buf_alloc() is not responsible for arranging for the page to
be present in physical memory; the caller should already have arranged for the page to be wired, i.e., by calling vm_page_wire(9). Several
flags may be passed to sf_buf_alloc():
SFB_CATCH Cause sf_buf_alloc() to abort and return NULL if a signal is received waiting for a struct sf_buf to become available.
SFB_NOWAIT Cause sf_buf_alloc() to return NULL rather than sleeping if a struct sf_buf is not immediately available.
SFB_CPUPRIVATE Cause sf_buf_alloc() to only arrange that the temporary mapping be valid on the current CPU, avoiding unnecessary TLB shoot-
downs for mappings that will only be accessed on a single CPU at a time. The caller must ensure that accesses to the virtual
address occur only on the CPU from which sf_buf_alloc() was invoked, perhaps by using sched_pin().
Call sf_buf_kva() to return a kernel mapped address for the page.
Call sf_buf_page() to return a pointer to the page originally passed into sf_buf_alloc().
Call sf_buf_free() to release the struct sf_buf reference. The caller is responsible for releasing any wiring they have previously acquired
on the physical page; sf_buf_free() releases only the temporary kernel address space mapping, not the page itself.
Uses of this interface include managing mappings of borrowed pages from user memory, such as in zero-copy socket I/O, or pages of memory from
the buffer cache referenced by mbuf external storage for sendfile(2).
SEE ALSO sendfile(2), vm_page_wire(9)AUTHORS
The struct sf_buf API was designed and implemented by Alan L. Cox. This manual page was written by Robert N. M. Watson.
BSD January 28, 2007 BSD
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