'\" t .\" Title: typedef journal_t .\" Author: .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: September 2017 .\" Manual: The Linux Journalling API .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual .\" Language: English .\" .TH "TYPEDEF JOURNAL_T" "9" "September 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual" "The Linux Journalling API" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" typedef_journal_t \- The journal_t maintains all of the journaling state information for a single filesystem\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf typedef journal_t; .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP .PP journal_t is linked to from the fs superblock structure\&. .PP We use the journal_t to keep track of all outstanding transaction activity on the filesystem, and to manage the state of the log writing process\&. .PP This is an opaque datatype\&. .SH "AUTHORS" .PP \fBRoger Gammans\fR <\&rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .PP \fBStephen Tweedie\fR <\&sct@redhat.com\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br