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.TH "JOURNAL_T" "9" "13 April 2004" "" ""

.SH NAME
typedef journal_t \- The journal_t maintains all of the journaling state information for a single filesystem.
.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf
typedef journal_t;
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
journal_t is linked to from the fs superblock structure.
.PP
We use the journal_t to keep track of all outstanding transaction
activity on the filesystem, and to manage the state of the log
writing process.
.PP
This is an opaque datatype.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.1.