Generic file functions provided by VFS

• Examples of generic file operations

• • generic_file_llseek() - performs llseek() operation as expected in standard systems, using struct file fields
  • generic_file_open() - opens the file
  • do_sync_read()/write() - standard, sync ops
  • generic_file_aio_read/write() - AIO
  • generic_file_mmap() - mmap handling
  • generic_file_splice_read()/write() - splice

• Example: struct ext3_file_operations