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SYNC_INODE(9)							   The Linux VFS						     SYNC_INODE(9)

NAME
       sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.

SYNOPSIS
       int sync_inode(struct inode * inode, struct writeback_control * wbc);

ARGUMENTS
       inode
	   the inode to sync

       wbc
	   controls the writeback mode

DESCRIPTION
       sync_inode will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and
       will update inode->i_state.

       The caller must have a ref on the inode.

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