Re: generic_file_read()

[Avishay Traeger <atraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Usually file system operations that begin with "generic_" are used by
most "normal" file systems.  "generic_file_read()" will perform a read
operation, and "generic_file_open()" will perform an open operation.
These generic functions are usually used by block-based file systems
that do not need to do anything special for a given operation.  Rather
than have several file system write the same code, they were put into
the VFS.

I took a quick glance at the kiocb structure, and it looks like it is
used for asynchronous I/O.

If you want more specific answers, please ask more specific questions.

Avishay Traeger
http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~avishay/

On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 10:31 +0530, Dhaval Shirsath wrote:
> Hi,
>     can anybody tell about the following 2 Q's:
> 
>     1] What does the generic_file_read() fn does & what is the role of
> the structure "stuct kiocb" ,what is its use?
> 
>     2]What does the generic_file_open() fn does ?
> 
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