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.TH "SYNC_INODE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
sync_inode \- write an inode and its pages to disk.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int sync_inode  (struct inode * \fIinode\fB, struct writeback_control * \fIwbc\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIinode\fB\fR
the inode to sync
.TP
\fB\fIwbc\fB\fR
controls the writeback mode
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBsync_inode\fR 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.
.PP
The caller must have a ref on the inode.