1. NAME▲

sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

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

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

inode
    the inode to sync

wbc
    controls the writeback mode

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

sync_inode will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblockAqs dirty inode lists and will update inode->i_state.

The caller must have a ref on the inode.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲