WRITE_INODE_NOW(9) The Linux VFS WRITE_INODE_NOW(9)
NAME
write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
SYNOPSIS
int write_inode_now(struct inode * inode, int sync);
ARGUMENTS
inode
inode to write to disk
sync
whether the write should be synchronous or not
DESCRIPTION
This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is primarily needed by knfsd.
The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 WRITE_INODE_NOW(9)
