generic_file_read_iter (9) Linux Manual Page

generic_file_read_iter – generic filesystem read routine

Synopsis

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

Description

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

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