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.