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GENERIC_WRITEPAGES(9) Memory Management in Linux GENERIC_WRITEPAGES(9)

NAME

generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage all of them.

SYNOPSIS

int generic_writepages(struct address_space * mapping, struct writeback_control * wbc);

ARGUMENTS

mapping
address space structure to write
wbc
subtract the number of written pages from *wbc->nr_to_write

DESCRIPTION

This is a library function, which implements the writepages address_space_operation.

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May 2018 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16