Page cache와 관련된 코드를 함께 먼저 보기 위해 generic_file_read_iter() 부터 분석한다.
mm/filemap.c
먼저 이 함수 위 주석을 보자.
* generic_file_read_iter - generic filesystem read routine
* @iocb: kernel I/O control block
* @iter: destination for the data read
*
* This is the "read_iter()" routine for all filesystems
* that can use the page cache directly.
*
* The IOCB_NOWAIT flag in iocb->ki_flags indicates that -EAGAIN shall
* be returned when no data can be read without waiting for I/O requests
* to complete; it doesn't prevent readahead.
* The IOCB_NOIO flag in iocb->ki_flags indicates that no new I/O
* requests shall be made for the read or for readahead. When no data
* can be read, -EAGAIN shall be returned. When readahead would be
* triggered, a partial, possibly empty read shall be returned.
*
* Return:
* * number of bytes copied, even for partial reads
* * negative error code (or 0 if IOCB_NOIO) if nothing was read
*/
generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
ssize_t retval = 0;
if (!count)
return 0; /* skip atime */
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
...
}
return filemap_read(iocb, iter, retval);
}