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| WRITE_INODE_NOW(9) | The Linux VFS | WRITE_INODE_NOW(9) |
NAME¶
write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
SYNOPSIS¶
int write_inode_now(struct inode * inode, int sync);
ARGUMENTS¶
struct inode * inode
inode to write to disk
int sync
whether the write should be synchronous or not
DESCRIPTION¶
This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is primarily needed by knfsd.
The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
COPYRIGHT¶
| July 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12 |