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32.Dd September 27, 2003
33.Dt VOP_GETPAGES 9
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm VOP_GETPAGES ,
37.Nm VOP_PUTPAGES
38.Nd read or write VM pages from a file
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In sys/param.h
41.In sys/vnode.h
42.In vm/vm.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn VOP_GETPAGES "struct vnode *vp" "vm_page_t *ma" "int count" "int reqpage" "vm_ooffset_t offset"
45.Ft int
46.Fn VOP_PUTPAGES "struct vnode *vp" "vm_page_t *ma" "int count" "int sync" "int *rtvals" "vm_ooffset_t offset"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
50method is called to read in pages of virtual memory which are backed by
51ordinary files.
52If other adjacent pages are backed by adjacent regions of the same file,
53.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
54is requested to read those pages as well, although it is not required to
55do so.
56The
57.Fn VOP_PUTPAGES
58method does the converse; that is to say, it writes out adjacent dirty
59pages of virtual memory.
60.Pp
61On entry, the vnode lock is held but neither the page queue nor VM object
62locks are held.
63Both methods return in the same state on both success and error returns.
64.Pp
65The arguments are:
66.Bl -tag -width reqpage
67.It Fa vp
68The file to access.
69.It Fa ma
70Pointer to the first element of an array of pages representing a
71contiguous region of the file to be read or written.
72.It Fa count
73The number of bytes that should be read into the pages of the array.
74.It Fa sync
75.Dv VM_PAGER_PUT_SYNC
76if the write should be synchronous.
77.It Fa rtvals
78An array of VM system result codes indicating the status of each
79page written by
80.Fn VOP_PUTPAGES .
81.It Fa reqpage
82The index in the page array of the requested page; i.e., the one page which
83the implementation of this method must handle.
84.It Fa offset
85Offset in the file at which the mapped pages begin.
86.El
87.Pp
88The status of the
89.Fn VOP_PUTPAGES
90method is returned on a page-by-page basis in the array
91.Fa rtvals[] .
92The possible status values are as follows:
93.Bl -tag -width VM_PAGER_ERROR
94.It Dv VM_PAGER_OK
95The page was successfully written.
96The implementation must call
97.Xr vm_page_undirty 9
98to mark the page as clean.
99.It Dv VM_PAGER_PEND
100The page was scheduled to be written asynchronously.
101When the write completes, the completion callback should
102call
103.Xr vm_object_pip_wakeup 9
104and
105.Xr vm_page_io_finish 9
106to clear the busy flag and awaken any other threads waiting for this page,
107in addition to calling
108.Xr vm_page_undirty 9 .
109.It Dv VM_PAGER_BAD
110The page was entirely beyond the end of the backing file.
111This condition should not be possible if the vnode's file system
112is correctly implemented.
113.It Dv VM_PAGER_ERROR
114The page could not be written because of an error on the underlying storage
115medium or protocol.
116.It Dv VM_PAGER_FAIL
117Treated identically to
118.Dv VM_PAGER_ERROR
119.It Dv VM_PAGER_AGAIN
120The page was not handled by this request.
121.El
122.Pp
123The
124.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
125method is expected to release any pages in
126.Fa ma
127that it does not successfully handle, by calling
128.Xr vm_page_free 9 .
129When it succeeds,
130.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
131must set the valid bits appropriately.
132.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
133must keep
134.Fa reqpage
135busy.
136It must unbusy all other successfully handled pages and put them
137on appropriate page queue(s).
138For example,
139.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
140may either activate a page (if its wanted bit is set)
141or deactivate it (otherwise), and finally call
142.Xr vm_page_wakeup 9
143to arouse any threads currently waiting for the page to be faulted in.
144.Sh RETURN VALUES
145If it successfully reads
146.Fa ma[reqpage] ,
147.Fn VOP_GETPAGES
148returns
149.Dv VM_PAGER_OK ;
150otherwise,
151.Dv VM_PAGER_ERROR .
152By convention, the return value of
153.Fn VOP_PUTPAGES
154is
155.Fa rtvals[0] .
156.Sh SEE ALSO
157.Xr vm_object_pip_wakeup 9 ,
158.Xr vm_page_free 9 ,
159.Xr vm_page_io_finish 9 ,
160.Xr vm_page_undirty 9 ,
161.Xr vm_page_wakeup 9 ,
162.Xr vnode 9
163.Sh AUTHORS
164This manual page was written by
165.An Doug Rabson
166and then substantially rewritten by
167.An Garrett Wollman .
168