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31.Dd February 28, 2021
32.Dt VOP_READ_PGCACHE 9
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_READ_PGCACHE
36.Nd read a file, fast
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/vnode.h
40.In sys/uio.h
41.Ft int
42.Fo VOP_READ_PGCACHE
43.Fa "struct vnode *vp"
44.Fa "struct uio *uio"
45.Fa "int ioflag"
46.Fa "struct ucred *cred"
47.Fc
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49This entry point reads the contents of a file.
50The intent is to provide the data from caches, which do not require
51expensive operations or any disk IO.
52For instance, if filesystem uses normal VM page cache and maintains
53.Dv v_object
54lifetime, it can use
55.Xr vn_read_from_obj 9
56helper to return data from the resident
57.Dv vp->v_object
58pages.
59.Pp
60The filesystem indicates support for the
61.Nm
62on specific vnode by setting the
63.Dv VIRF_PGREAD
64flag in
65.Dv vp->v_irflag .
66.Pp
67The function does not need to satisfy the whole request; it also might choose
68to not provide any data.
69In these cases, the
70.Fa uio
71must be advanced by the amount of read data,
72.Nm
73should return
74.Er EJUSTRETURN ,
75and VFS would handle the rest of the read operation using the
76.Xr VOP_READ 9 .
77.Pp
78The VFS layer does the same deadlock avoidance for accessing userspace
79pages from
80.Nm
81as for
82.Xr VOP_READ 9 .
83.Pp
84Vnode is not locked on the call entry and should not be locked on return.
85For a filesystem that requires vnode lock to return any data, it does
86not make sense to implement
87.Nm
88(and set
89.Dv VIRF_PGREAD
90flag) since VFS arranges the call to
91.Xr VOP_READ 9
92as needed.
93.Pp
94The arguments are:
95.Bl -tag -width ioflag
96.It Fa vp
97The vnode of the file.
98.It Fa uio
99The location of the data to be read.
100.It Fa ioflag
101Various flags, see
102.Xr VOP_READ 9
103for the list.
104.It Fa cred
105The credentials of the caller.
106.El
107.Pp
108.Nm
109does not handle non-zero
110.Fa ioflag
111argument.
112.Sh LOCKS
113The file should be referenced on entry on entry and will still be
114referenced on exit.
115Rangelock covering the whole read range should be owned around the call.
116.Sh RETURN VALUES
117Zero is returned on success, when the whole request is satisfied, and no
118more data cannot be provided for it by any means.
119If more data can be returned, but
120.Nm
121was unable to provide it,
122.Er EJUSTRETURN
123must be returned.
124The
125.Dv uio
126records should be updated according to the partial operation done.
127.Pp
128Otherwise an error code is returned,
129same as from
130.Xr VOP_READ 9
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr uiomove 9 ,
133.Xr vnode 9 ,
134.Xr VOP_READ 9
135