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FIND_GET_PAGES(9)					    Memory Management in Linux						 FIND_GET_PAGES(9)

NAME
       find_get_pages - gang pagecache lookup

SYNOPSIS
       unsigned find_get_pages(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t start, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page ** pages);

ARGUMENTS
       mapping
	   The address_space to search

       start
	   The starting page index

       nr_pages
	   The maximum number of pages

       pages
	   Where the resulting pages are placed

DESCRIPTION
       find_get_pages will search for and return a group of up to nr_pages pages in the mapping. The pages are placed at pages.  find_get_pages
       takes a reference against the returned pages.

       The search returns a group of mapping-contiguous pages with ascending indexes. There may be holes in the indices due to not-present pages.

       find_get_pages returns the number of pages which were found.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							 FIND_GET_PAGES(9)