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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux Journalling API
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "JBD2__JOURNAL_RESTAR" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "The Linux Journalling API"
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.SH "NAME"
jbd2__journal_restart \- restart a handle \&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ jbd2__journal_restart('u
.BI "int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t\ *\ " "handle" ", int\ " "nblocks" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp_mask" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIhandle\fR
.RS 4
handle to restart
.RE
.PP
\fInblocks\fR
.RS 4
nr credits requested
.RE
.PP
\fIgfp_mask\fR
.RS 4
\-\- undescribed \-\-
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Restart a handle for a multi\-transaction filesystem operation\&.
.PP
If the
\fBjbd2_journal_extend\fR
call above fails to grant new buffer credits to a running handle, a call to jbd2_journal_restart will commit the handle\*(Aqs transaction so far and reattach the handle to a new transaction capable of guaranteeing the requested number of credits\&. We preserve reserved handle if there\*(Aqs any attached to the passed in handle\&.
.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"
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