NAME
VOP_FSYNC —
flush file system buffers for a
file
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
int
VOP_FSYNC(struct
vnode *vp, int
waitfor, struct thread
*td);
DESCRIPTION
This call flushes any dirty file system buffers for the file. It is used to implement the sync(2) and fsync(2) system calls.Its arguments are:
- vp
- The vnode of the file.
- waitfor
- Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete. Possible values are:
MNT_WAIT- Synchronously wait for I/O to complete.
MNT_NOWAIT- Start all I/O, but do not wait for it.
MNT_LAZY- Push data not written by file system syncer.
- td
- The calling thread.
LOCKS
The file should be locked on entry.
RETURN VALUES
Zero is returned if the call is successful, otherwise an appropriate error code is returned.
ERRORS
- [
ENOSPC] - The file system is full.
- [
EDQUOT] - Quota exceeded.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.