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TRUNCATE_PAGECACHE(9)					    Memory Management in Linux					     TRUNCATE_PAGECACHE(9)

NAME
       truncate_pagecache - unmap and remove pagecache that has been truncated

SYNOPSIS
       void truncate_pagecache(struct inode * inode, loff_t old, loff_t new);

ARGUMENTS
       inode
	   inode

       old
	   old file offset

       new
	   new file offset

DESCRIPTION
       inode's new i_size must already be written before truncate_pagecache is called.

       This function should typically be called before the filesystem releases resources associated with the freed range (eg. deallocates blocks).
       This way, pagecache will always stay logically coherent with on-disk format, and the filesystem would not have to deal with situations such
       as writepage being called for a page that has already had its underlying blocks deallocated.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						     TRUNCATE_PAGECACHE(9)