On 8/1/06, UZAIR LAKHANI <uzairr_bs1b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Martin Jambor <jambormartin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/29/06, UZAIR LAKHANI <uzairr_bs1b@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I want to find out the details of the address > space > > operations. Where can I get the detailed > information > > about the address space operations. > > Have a look at > > a) Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt > b) Documentation/filesystems/Locking and > c) some simple fs that uses it (minix?) Hello All, Thanks for your reply and help. But the (a) and (b) above don't give me enough details about the theoretical aspects of address space operations. For example why these operations are needed. What is their flow etc. If you please give some more links that help me understanding address space operations and buffer cache issues clearly, then I will be thankful to you.
I think both (a) and (b) are rather good. More stuff I can think about would include: * Robert Love: Linux Kernel Development, Chapter 15 (page 269) * Mel Gorman: Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager, section 4.4 (available online) * I guess "Understanding the Linux Kernel" would cover it as well but I have not had a look at it yet. * Search Google for "Linux Page Cache." (I, for example, within a few seconds came across http://www.faqs.org/docs/kernel_2_4/lki-4.html which does not seem very outdated (at a glance). I personally learnt about the page cacher by reading the source code of ramfs and minix, especially the generic kernel handlers of file_operations and address_space_operations. If you want to really understand the stuff, you simply have to do it. If you have problems understanding the code, people at #kernelnewbies (www.kernelnewbies.org) can and often do help. HTH Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
