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.\"    Manual: Memory Management in Linux
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "FILEMAP_FAULT" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Memory Management in Linux"
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.SH "NAME"
filemap_fault \- read in file data for page fault handling
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ filemap_fault('u
.BI "int filemap_fault(struct\ vm_area_struct\ *\ " "vma" ", struct\ vm_fault\ *\ " "vmf" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIvma\fR
.RS 4
vma in which the fault was taken
.RE
.PP
\fIvmf\fR
.RS 4
struct vm_fault containing details of the fault
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBfilemap_fault\fR
is invoked via the vma operations vector for a mapped memory region to read in file data during a page fault\&.
.PP
The goto\*(Aqs are kind of ugly, but this streamlines the normal case of having it in the page cache, and handles the special cases reasonably without having a lot of duplicated code\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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