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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:11:27 +0000
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==========
Page Cache
==========
+
+The page cache is the primary way that the user and the rest of the kernel
+interact with filesystems. It can be bypassed (e.g. with O_DIRECT),
+but normal reads, writes and mmaps go through the page cache.
+
+Folios
+======
+
+The folio is the unit of memory management within the page cache.
+Operations