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VOP_GETPAGES(9) 	    Kernel Developer's Manual		 VOP_GETPAGES(9)

NAME
     VOP_GETPAGES, VOP_PUTPAGES -- read or write VM pages from a file

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>
     #include <vm/vm.h>

     int
     VOP_GETPAGES(struct vnode *vp, vm_page_t *ma, int count, int *rbehind,
	 int *rahead);

     int
     VOP_PUTPAGES(struct vnode *vp, vm_page_t *ma, int bytecount, int flags,
	 int *rtvals);

DESCRIPTION
     The  VOP_GETPAGES()  method  is  called  to read in pages of virtual memory
     which are backed by ordinary files.  If other adjacent pages are backed  by
     adjacent  regions	of  the  same  file, VOP_GETPAGES() is requested to read
     those pages as well, although it is not required to do  so.   The	VOP_PUT-
     PAGES()  method  does  the converse; that is to say, it writes out adjacent
     dirty pages of virtual memory.

     On entry, the vnode lock is held but neither the page queue nor  VM  object
     locks  are held.  Both methods return in the same state on both success and
     error returns.

     The arguments are:

     vp       The file to access.

     ma       Pointer to the first element of an array of pages  representing  a
	      contiguous region of the file to be read or written.

     count    The length of the ma array.

     bytecount
	      The  number  of bytes that should be written from the pages of the
	      array.

     flags    A  bitfield  of  flags  affecting  the  function	operation.    If
	      VM_PAGER_PUT_SYNC is set, the write should be synchronous; control
	      must  not  be returned to the caller until after the write is fin-
	      ished.  If VM_PAGER_PUT_INVAL is set, the pages are to be  invali-
	      dated  after  being  written.  If VM_PAGER_PUT_NOREUSE is set, the
	      I/O performed should set the IO_NOREUSE flag, to indicate  to  the
	      filesystem  that	pages should be marked for fast reuse if needed.
	      This could occur	via  a	call  to  vm_page_deactivate_noreuse(9),
	      which  puts  such  pages	onto the head of the inactive queue.  If
	      VM_PAGER_CLUSTER_OK is set, writes may be delayed, so that related
	      writes can be coalesced for efficiency, e.g., using the clustering
	      mechanism of the buffer cache.

     rtvals   An array of VM system result codes indicating the status	of  each
	      page written by VOP_PUTPAGES().

     rbehind  Optional	pointer to integer specifying number of pages to be read
	      behind, if possible.  If the  filesystem	supports  that	feature,
	      number  of actually read pages is reported back, otherwise zero is
	      returned.

     rahead   Optional pointer to integer specifying number of pages to be  read
	      ahead, if possible.  If the filesystem supports that feature, num-
	      ber of actually read pages is reported back, otherwise zero is re-
	      turned.

     The status of the VOP_PUTPAGES() method is returned on a page-by-page basis
     in the array rtvals[].  The possible status values are as follows:

     VM_PAGER_OK     The page was successfully written.  The implementation must
		     call vm_page_undirty(9) to mark the page as clean.

     VM_PAGER_PEND   The  page was scheduled to be written asynchronously.  When
		     the write completes, the completion  callback  should  call
		     vm_object_pip_wakeup(9) and vm_page_sunbusy(9) to clear the
		     busy  flag  and  awaken  any other threads waiting for this
		     page, in addition to calling vm_page_undirty(9).

     VM_PAGER_BAD    The page was entirely beyond the end of the  backing  file.
		     This  condition  should not be possible if the vnode's file
		     system is correctly implemented.

     VM_PAGER_ERROR  The page could not be written because of an  error  on  the
		     underlying storage medium or protocol.

     VM_PAGER_FAIL   Treated identically to VM_PAGER_ERROR.

     VM_PAGER_AGAIN  The page was not handled by this request.

     The VOP_GETPAGES() method must populate and validate all requested pages in
     order to return success.  It is expected to release any pages in ma that it
     does  not	successfully  handle,  by calling vm_page_free(9).  When it suc-
     ceeds, VOP_GETPAGES() must set the valid bits appropriately.  Upon entry to
     VOP_GETPAGES(), all pages in ma are busied  exclusively.	Upon  successful
     return,  the pages must all be busied exclusively as well, but pages may be
     unbusied during processing.  The filesystem is responsible  for  activating
     paged-out	pages,	but  this  does  not  necessarily need to be done within
     VOP_GETPAGES() depending on the architecture of the particular filesystem.

RETURN VALUES
     If  it  successfully  reads  all  pages  in  ma,	VOP_GETPAGES()	 returns
     VM_PAGER_OK;  otherwise, it returns VM_PAGER_ERROR.  By convention, the re-
     turn value of VOP_PUTPAGES() is rtvals[0].

SEE ALSO
     vm_object_pip_wakeup(9),	     vm_page_free(9),	     vm_page_sunbusy(9),
     vm_page_undirty(9), vm_page_xunbusy(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS
     This  manual page was written by Doug Rabson and then substantially rewrit-
     ten by
     Garrett Wollman.

FreeBSD 15.1			  June 29, 2019 		 VOP_GETPAGES(9)

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