| JOURNAL_DIRTY_DATA(9) | The Linux Journalling API | JOURNAL_DIRTY_DATA(9) |
NAME¶
journal_dirty_data - mark a buffer as containing dirty data to be flushed
SYNOPSIS¶
int journal_dirty_data(handle_t * handle, struct buffer_head * bh);
ARGUMENTS¶
handle
transaction
bh
bufferhead to mark
DESCRIPTION¶
Mark a buffer as containing dirty data which needs to be flushed before we can commit the current transaction.
The buffer is placed on the transaction´s data list and is marked as belonging to the transaction.
Returns error number or 0 on success.
journal_dirty_data can be called via page_launder->ext3_writepage by kswapd.
AUTHORS¶
Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>
Author.
Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Author.
COPYRIGHT¶
| April 2023 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |