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.TH "GENERIC_OSYNC_INODE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
generic_osync_inode \- flush all dirty data for a given inode to disk
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int generic_osync_inode  (struct inode * \fIinode\fB, int \fIwhat\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIinode\fB\fR
inode to write
.TP
\fB\fIwhat\fB\fR
what to write and wait upon
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This can be called by file_write functions for files which have the
O_SYNC flag set, to flush dirty writes to disk.
.PP
\fIwhat\fR is a bitmask, specifying which part of the inode's data should be
.SH "WRITTEN AND WAITED UPON"
.PP
.SH "OSYNC_DATA"
.PP
i_mapping's dirty data
.SH "OSYNC_METADATA"
.PP
the buffers at i_mapping->private_list
.SH "OSYNC_INODE"
.PP
the inode itself