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.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "SYNC_MAPPING_BUFFERS" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
sync_mapping_buffers \- write out & wait upon a mapping\*(Aqs \(lqassociated\(rq buffers
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ sync_mapping_buffers('u
.BI "int sync_mapping_buffers(struct\ address_space\ *\ " "mapping" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fImapping\fR
.RS 4
the mapping which wants those buffers written
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping\->private_list, and waits upon that I/O\&.
.PP
Basically, this is a convenience function for
\fBfsync\fR\&.
\fImapping\fR
is a file or directory which needs those buffers to be written for a successful
\fBfsync\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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