WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9) Memory Management in Linux WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)
NAME
wait_for_stable_page - wait for writeback to finish, if necessary.
SYNOPSIS
void wait_for_stable_page(struct page * page);
ARGUMENTS
page
The page to wait on.
DESCRIPTION
This function determines if the given page is related to a backing device that requires page contents to be held stable during writeback.
If so, then it will wait for any pending writeback to complete.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)
