SYNC_INODE(9)                             The Linux VFS                             SYNC_INODE(9)



NAME
       sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.

SYNOPSIS
       int sync_inode(struct inode * inode, struct writeback_control * wbc);

ARGUMENTS
       inode
           the inode to sync

       wbc
           controls the writeback mode

DESCRIPTION
       sync_inode will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the
       inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will update inode->i_state.

       The caller must have a ref on the inode.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                             SYNC_INODE(9)