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.TH "NTFS_WRITE_INODE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
ntfs_write_inode \- write out a dirty inode
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int ntfs_write_inode  (struct inode * \fIvi\fB, int \fIsync\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIvi\fB\fR
inode to write out
.TP
\fB\fIsync\fB\fR
if true, write out synchronously
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Write out a dirty inode to disk including any extent inodes if present.
.PP
If \fIsync\fR is true, commit the inode to disk and wait for io completion.  This
is done using \fBwrite_mft_record\fR\&.
.PP
If \fIsync\fR is false, just schedule the write to happen but do not wait for i/o
completion.  In 2.6 kernels, scheduling usually happens just by virtue of
marking the page (and in this case mft record) dirty but we do not implement
this yet as \fBwrite_mft_record\fR largely ignores the \fIsync\fR parameter and
always performs synchronous writes.
.PP
Return 0 on success and -errno on error.