sync_mapping_buffers(9) centos man page

Query: sync_mapping_buffers

OS: centos

Section: 9

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SYNC_MAPPING_BUFFERS(9) 					   The Linux VFS					   SYNC_MAPPING_BUFFERS(9)

NAME
       sync_mapping_buffers - write out & wait upon a mapping's "associated" buffers

SYNOPSIS
       int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space * mapping);

ARGUMENTS
       mapping
	   the mapping which wants those buffers written

DESCRIPTION
       Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping->private_list, and waits upon that I/O.

       Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync.  mapping is a file or directory which needs those buffers to be written for a
       successful fsync.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						   SYNC_MAPPING_BUFFERS(9)

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