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JBD2_JOURNAL_INIT_DE(9) The Linux Journalling API JBD2_JOURNAL_INIT_DE(9)

NAME

jbd2_journal_init_dev - creates and initialises a journal structure

SYNOPSIS

journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev(struct block_device * bdev, struct block_device * fs_dev, unsigned long long start, int len, int blocksize);

ARGUMENTS

struct block_device * bdev

Block device on which to create the journal

struct block_device * fs_dev

Device which hold journalled filesystem for this journal.

unsigned long long start

Block nr Start of journal.

int len

Length of the journal in blocks.

int blocksize

blocksize of journalling device

RETURN

a newly created journal_t *

jbd2_journal_init_dev creates a journal which maps a fixed contiguous range of blocks on an arbitrary block device.

AUTHORS

Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>

Author.

Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>

Author.

COPYRIGHT

September 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12