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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index ab38fef1c9a1..29e3f409bbd0 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1198,3 +1198,23 @@ int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode); + +/** + * sync_inode - write an inode to disk + * @inode: the inode to sync + * @wait: wait for I/O to complete. + * + * Write an inode to disk and adjust it's dirty state after completion. + * + * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata. + */ +int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait) +{ + struct writeback_control wbc = { + .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE, + .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */ + }; + + return sync_inode(inode, &wbc); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata); |