centos man page for truncate_inode_pages

Query: truncate_inode_pages

OS: centos

Section: 9

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TRUNCATE_INODE_PAGES(9) 				    Memory Management in Linux					   TRUNCATE_INODE_PAGES(9)

NAME
truncate_inode_pages - truncate *all* the pages from an offset
SYNOPSIS
void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space * mapping, loff_t lstart);
ARGUMENTS
mapping mapping to truncate lstart offset from which to truncate
DESCRIPTION
Called under (and serialised by) inode->i_mutex.
NOTE
When this function returns, there can be a page in the process of deletion (inside __delete_from_page_cache) in the specified range. Thus mapping->nrpages can be non-zero when this function returns even after truncation of the whole mapping.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 TRUNCATE_INODE_PAGES(9)
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