generic_file_read_iter(9)

generic_file_read_iter9

Generic filesystem read routine

Usage

ssize_t generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb * iocb, struct iov_iter * iter);

Arguments

iocb

kernel I/O control block

iter

destination for the data read

Overview

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

Releases

2 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8
  2. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.