Scroll to navigation

WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9) Memory Management in Linux WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)

NAME

wait_for_stable_page - wait for writeback to finish, if necessary.

SYNOPSIS

void wait_for_stable_page(struct page * page);

ARGUMENTS

page
The page to wait on.

DESCRIPTION

This function determines if the given page is related to a backing device that requires page contents to be held stable during writeback. If so, then it will wait for any pending writeback to complete.

COPYRIGHT

May 2018 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16