find_get_pages_contig (9) - Linux Manuals
find_get_pages_contig: gang contiguous pagecache lookup
NAME
find_get_pages_contig - gang contiguous pagecache lookup
SYNOPSIS
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unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct address_space
* mapping, pgoff_tindex, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page ** pages);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
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- The address_space to search
index
- The starting page index
nr_pages
- The maximum number of pages
pages
- Where the resulting pages are placed
DESCRIPTION
find_get_pages_contig works exactly like find_get_pages, except that the returned number of pages are guaranteed to be contiguous.
find_get_pages_contig returns the number of pages which were found.
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