centos man page for blkdev_issue_flush

Query: blkdev_issue_flush

OS: centos

Section: 9

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BLKDEV_ISSUE_FLUSH(9)						   Block Devices					     BLKDEV_ISSUE_FLUSH(9)

NAME
blkdev_issue_flush - queue a flush
SYNOPSIS
int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device * bdev, gfp_t gfp_mask, sector_t * error_sector);
ARGUMENTS
bdev blockdev to issue flush for gfp_mask memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc) error_sector error sector
DESCRIPTION
Issue a flush for the block device in question. Caller can supply room for storing the error offset in case of a flush error, if they wish to. If WAIT flag is not passed then caller may check only what request was pushed in some internal queue for later handling.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 BLKDEV_ISSUE_FLUSH(9)
Related Man Pages
flush(1t) - opensolaris
blk_make_request(9) - centos
journal_try_to_free_buffers(9) - centos
blk_init_queue(9) - suse
blk_make_request(9) - suse
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