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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9 b/share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9 index c0e90520d289..bd3fdfeaa8c3 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 24, 1996 +.Dd January 7, 2004 .Os .Dt VFS_SYNC 9 .Sh NAME @@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ .Ft int .Fn VFS_SYNC "struct mount *mp" "int waitfor" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td" .Sh DESCRIPTION -This writes out all unwritten data in a file system. +The +.Fn VFS_SYNC +macro writes out all unwritten data in the file system mounted as +.Fa mp . .Pp -Its arguments are: -.Bl -tag -width waitfor +The arguments it expects are: +.Bl -tag -width ".Fa waitfor" .It Fa mp The file system. .It Fa waitfor @@ -64,7 +67,11 @@ The caller's credentials. The calling thread. .El .Pp -This would normally call +The +.Fn VFS_SYNC +macro calls the +.Va vfs_sync +method of the filesystem, which normally calls .Xr VOP_FSYNC 9 for all the vnodes in the file system. .Sh SEE ALSO |