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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "SYNC_INODE" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
sync_inode \- write an inode and its pages to disk\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ sync_inode('u
.BI "int sync_inode(struct\ inode\ *\ " "inode" ", struct\ writeback_control\ *\ " "wbc" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIinode\fR
.RS 4
the inode to sync
.RE
.PP
\fIwbc\fR
.RS 4
controls the writeback mode
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBsync_inode\fR
will write an inode and its pages to disk\&. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblock\*(Aqs dirty inode lists and will update inode\->i_state\&.
.PP
The caller must have a ref on the inode\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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