1FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)   Memory Management in Linux   FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)
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NAME

6       find_get_pages_contig - gang contiguous pagecache lookup
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SYNOPSIS

9       unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct address_space * mapping,
10                                      pgoff_t index, unsigned int nr_pages,
11                                      struct page ** pages);
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ARGUMENTS

14       mapping
15           The address_space to search
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18           The starting page index
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21           The maximum number of pages
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DESCRIPTION

27       find_get_pages_contig works exactly like find_get_pages, except that
28       the returned number of pages are guaranteed to be contiguous.
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30       find_get_pages_contig returns the number of pages which were found.
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33Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.         June 2019           FIND_GET_PAGES_CONTI(9)
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