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.TH "__FILEMAP_FDATAWRITE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""
.SH NAME
__filemap_fdatawrite \- start writeback against all of a mapping's dirty pages
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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\fB
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int __filemap_fdatawrite (struct address_space * \fImapping\fB, int \fIsync_mode\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fImapping\fB\fR
address space structure to write
.TP
\fB\fIsync_mode\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This is a ``data integrity'' operation, as opposed to a regular memory
cleansing writeback. The difference between these two operations is that
if a dirty page/buffer is encountered, it must be waited upon, and not just
skipped over.