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| SYNC_INODE(9) | The Linux VFS | SYNC_INODE(9) |
NAME¶
sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
SYNOPSIS¶
int sync_inode(struct inode * inode, struct writeback_control * wbc);
ARGUMENTS¶
inode
the inode to sync
wbc
controls the writeback mode
DESCRIPTION¶
sync_inode will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblock´s dirty inode lists and will update inode->i_state.
The caller must have a ref on the inode.
COPYRIGHT¶
| May 2024 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |