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30.Dd February 28, 2021
31.Dt VOP_READ_PGCACHE 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm VOP_READ_PGCACHE
35.Nd read a file, fast
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/vnode.h
39.In sys/uio.h
40.Ft int
41.Fo VOP_READ_PGCACHE
42.Fa "struct vnode *vp"
43.Fa "struct uio *uio"
44.Fa "int ioflag"
45.Fa "struct ucred *cred"
46.Fc
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48This entry point reads the contents of a file.
49The intent is to provide the data from caches, which do not require
50expensive operations or any disk IO.
51For instance, if filesystem uses normal VM page cache and maintains
52.Dv v_object
53lifetime, it can use
54.Xr vn_read_from_obj 9
55helper to return data from the resident
56.Dv vp->v_object
57pages.
58.Pp
59The filesystem indicates support for the
60.Nm
61on specific vnode by setting the
62.Dv VIRF_PGREAD
63flag in
64.Dv vp->v_irflag .
65.Pp
66The function does not need to satisfy the whole request; it also might choose
67to not provide any data.
68In these cases, the
69.Fa uio
70must be advanced by the amount of read data,
71.Nm
72should return
73.Er EJUSTRETURN ,
74and VFS would handle the rest of the read operation using the
75.Xr VOP_READ 9 .
76.Pp
77The VFS layer does the same deadlock avoidance for accessing userspace
78pages from
79.Nm
80as for
81.Xr VOP_READ 9 .
82.Pp
83Vnode is not locked on the call entry and should not be locked on return.
84For a filesystem that requires vnode lock to return any data, it does
85not make sense to implement
86.Nm
87(and set
88.Dv VIRF_PGREAD
89flag) since VFS arranges the call to
90.Xr VOP_READ 9
91as needed.
92.Pp
93The arguments are:
94.Bl -tag -width ioflag
95.It Fa vp
96The vnode of the file.
97.It Fa uio
98The location of the data to be read.
99.It Fa ioflag
100Various flags, see
101.Xr VOP_READ 9
102for the list.
103.It Fa cred
104The credentials of the caller.
105.El
106.Pp
107.Nm
108does not handle non-zero
109.Fa ioflag
110argument.
111.Sh LOCKS
112The file should be referenced on entry on entry and will still be
113referenced on exit.
114Rangelock covering the whole read range should be owned around the call.
115.Sh RETURN VALUES
116Zero is returned on success, when the whole request is satisfied, and no
117more data cannot be provided for it by any means.
118If more data can be returned, but
119.Nm
120was unable to provide it,
121.Er EJUSTRETURN
122must be returned.
123The
124.Dv uio
125records should be updated according to the partial operation done.
126.Pp
127Otherwise an error code is returned,
128same as from
129.Xr VOP_READ 9
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr uiomove 9 ,
132.Xr vnode 9 ,
133.Xr VOP_READ 9
134