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4Page Cache
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7The page cache is the primary way that the user and the rest of the kernel
8interact with filesystems.  It can be bypassed (e.g. with O_DIRECT),
9but normal reads, writes and mmaps go through the page cache.
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11Folios
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14The folio is the unit of memory management within the page cache.
15Operations
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