From 34996e42f82bfd60bc2c191e5cae3c6ab233ec6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 15:11:27 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.9.7. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst index 75eba7c431..138d61f869 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/page_cache.rst @@ -3,3 +3,13 @@ ========== 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 -- cgit v1.2.3