generic_rea..._merkle_tree(9)

🎀 generic_rea..._merkle_tree(9) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for generic_rea..._merkle_tree(9) — yes, the name is literally truncated like that, and no, we are not fixing it. it’s giving mystery, but all the facts are right here. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

generic_readahead_merkle_tree — the generic ->readahead_merkle_tree helper. periodt. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

       void generic_readahead_merkle_tree (struct inode *inode , pgoff_t index
       , unsigned long nr_pages );

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• inode — the inode containing the Merkle tree. 🌳
• index — the 0-based index of the first Merkle tree page to read ahead in the inode. 🔢
• nr_pages — the number of Merkle tree pages that should be read ahead. 📚

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so real talk: the caller needs to adjust index from the Merkle-tree-relative index passed to ->read_merkle_tree_page over to the actual index where the Merkle tree is stored in the page cache for inode. that’s the whole assignment, bestie. no cap. 💅🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/verity/pagecache.c 📁
• generic_read_merkle_tree_page(9) 👀
• fsverity_fill_zerohash(9) 🧚

mwah 💋 that’s the page, bestie. this one comes from ./fs/verity, dated October 2026, and the footer literally repeats generic_rea..._merkle_tree(9) at the end. slay. 🫶🎀