JOURNAL_DIRTY_DATA(9) The Linux Journalling API JOURNAL_DIRTY_DATA(9)
NAME
journal_dirty_data - mark a buffer as containing dirty data to be flushed
SYNOPSIS
int journal_dirty_data(handle_t * handle, struct buffer_head * bh);
ARGUMENTS
handle
transaction
bh
bufferhead to mark
DESCRIPTION
Mark a buffer as containing dirty data which needs to be flushed before we can commit the current transaction.
The buffer is placed on the transaction's data list and is marked as belonging to the transaction.
Returns error number or 0 on success.
journal_dirty_data can be called via page_launder->ext3_writepage by kswapd.
AUTHORS
Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>
Author.
Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 JOURNAL_DIRTY_DATA(9)
