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.\"    Manual: Block Devices
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.TH "BLKDEV_ISSUE_FLUSH" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Block Devices"
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.SH "NAME"
blkdev_issue_flush \- queue a flush
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ blkdev_issue_flush('u
.BI "int blkdev_issue_flush(struct\ block_device\ *\ " "bdev" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp_mask" ", sector_t\ *\ " "error_sector" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIbdev\fR
.RS 4
blockdev to issue flush for
.RE
.PP
\fIgfp_mask\fR
.RS 4
memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
.RE
.PP
\fIerror_sector\fR
.RS 4
error sector
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Issue a flush for the block device in question\&. Caller can supply room for storing the error offset in case of a flush error, if they wish to\&. If WAIT flag is not passed then caller may check only what request was pushed in some internal queue for later handling\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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