Name

__generic_file_aio_read — generic filesystem read routine

Synopsis

ssize_t __generic_file_aio_read (struct kiocb *  iocb,
 const struct iovec *  iov,
 unsigned long  nr_segs,
 loff_t *  ppos);

Arguments

iocb

kernel I/O control block

iov

io vector request

nr_segs

number of segments in the iovec

ppos

current file position

Description

This is the “read” routine for all filesystems that can use the page cache directly.