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INODE_DIO_WAIT(9) The Linux VFS INODE_DIO_WAIT(9)

NAME

inode_dio_wait - wait for outstanding DIO requests to finish

SYNOPSIS

void inode_dio_wait(struct inode * inode);

ARGUMENTS

inode
inode to wait for

DESCRIPTION

Waits for all pending direct I/O requests to finish so that we can proceed with a truncate or equivalent operation.

Must be called under a lock that serializes taking new references to i_dio_count, usually by inode->i_mutex.

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April 2019 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9.