.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 | |
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Page Cache | |
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The page cache is the primary way that the user and the rest of the kernel | |
interact with filesystems. It can be bypassed (e.g. with O_DIRECT), | |
but normal reads, writes and mmaps go through the page cache. | |
Folios | |
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The folio is the unit of memory management within the page cache. | |
Operations |