fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c

Extension

.c

Size

2367 bytes

Lines

86

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

VFS And Filesystem Core

Inferred role

Core OS: operation-table or driver-model contract

Status

pattern implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/mm.h
• linux/mtd/super.h
• internal.h

Detected Declarations

• function Howells
• function romfs_mmap_prepare
• function romfs_mmap_capabilities

Annotated Snippet

const struct file_operations romfs_ro_fops = {
	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
	.read_iter		= generic_file_read_iter,
	.splice_read		= filemap_splice_read,
	.mmap_prepare		= romfs_mmap_prepare,
	.get_unmapped_area	= romfs_get_unmapped_area,
	.mmap_capabilities	= romfs_mmap_capabilities,
};

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/mm.h`, `linux/mtd/super.h`, `internal.h`.
• Detected declarations: `function Howells`, `function romfs_mmap_prepare`, `function romfs_mmap_capabilities`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
• Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.