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SYNC_INODE(9) The Linux VFS SYNC_INODE(9)

NAME

sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.

SYNOPSIS

int sync_inode(struct inode * inode, struct writeback_control * wbc);

ARGUMENTS

inode
the inode to sync
wbc
controls the writeback mode

DESCRIPTION

 
sync_inode 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.
The caller must have a ref on the inode.

COPYRIGHT

March 2016 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2.