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</p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch01.html">1. The Linux VFS</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01.html#the_filesystem_types">The Filesystem types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s02.html">The Directory Cache</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s03.html">Inode Handling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s04.html">Registration and Superblocks</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s05.html">File Locks</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s06.html">Other Functions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch02.html">2. The proc filesystem</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch02.html#sysctl_interface">sysctl interface</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch02s02.html">proc filesystem interface</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch03.html">3. The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re145.html"><span>sysfs_create_file</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
create an attribute file for an object.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re146.html"><span>sysfs_add_file_to_group</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
add an attribute file to a pre-existing group.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re147.html"><span>sysfs_chmod_file</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
update the modified mode value on an object attribute.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re148.html"><span>sysfs_remove_file</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
remove an object attribute.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re149.html"><span>sysfs_remove_file_from_group</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
remove an attribute file from a group.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re150.html"><span>sysfs_schedule_callback</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
helper to schedule a callback for a kobject
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re151.html"><span>sysfs_create_link</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
create symlink between two objects.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re152.html"><span>sysfs_remove_link</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
remove symlink in object's directory.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re153.html"><span>sysfs_create_bin_file</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
create binary file for object.
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re154.html"><span>sysfs_remove_bin_file</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
remove binary file for object.
</span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch04.html">4. The debugfs filesystem</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch04.html#debugfs_interface">debugfs interface</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch05.html">5. The Linux Journalling API</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch05.html#journaling_overview">Overview</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ch05.html#journaling_details">Details</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ch05.html#jbd_summary">Summary</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch05s02.html">Data Types</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ch05s02.html#structures">Structures</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch05s03.html">Functions</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ch05s03.html#journal_level">Journal Level</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ch05s03.html#transaction_level">Transasction Level</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch05s04.html">See also</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch06.html">6. splice API</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re208.html"><span>splice_to_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
fill passed data into a pipe
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re209.html"><span>generic_file_splice_read</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splice data from file to a pipe
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re210.html"><span>splice_from_pipe_feed</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
feed available data from a pipe to a file
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re211.html"><span>splice_from_pipe_next</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
wait for some data to splice from
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re212.html"><span>splice_from_pipe_begin</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
start splicing from pipe
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re213.html"><span>splice_from_pipe_end</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
finish splicing from pipe
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re214.html"><span>__splice_from_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splice data from a pipe to given actor
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re215.html"><span>splice_from_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splice data from a pipe to a file
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re216.html"><span>generic_file_splice_write</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splice data from a pipe to a file
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re217.html"><span>generic_splice_sendpage</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splice data from a pipe to a socket
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re218.html"><span>splice_direct_to_actor</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splices data directly between two non-pipes
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re219.html"><span>do_splice_direct</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
splices data directly between two files
</span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ch07.html">7. pipes API</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re220.html"><span>struct pipe_buffer</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
a linux kernel pipe buffer
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re221.html"><span>struct pipe_inode_info</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
a linux kernel pipe
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re222.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_map</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
virtually map a pipe buffer
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re223.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_unmap</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
unmap a previously mapped pipe buffer
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re224.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_steal</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
attempt to take ownership of a <span class="structname">pipe_buffer</span>
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re225.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_get</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
get a reference to a <span class="structname">struct pipe_buffer</span>
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re226.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_confirm</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
verify contents of the pipe buffer
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="re227.html"><span>generic_pipe_buf_release</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
put a reference to a <span class="structname">struct pipe_buffer</span>
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