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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.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							WRITE_INODE_NOW(9)