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NAME
       generic_osync_inode - flush all dirty data for a given inode to disk


SYNOPSIS
       int generic_osync_inode  (struct inode * inode,
                                  struct address_space * mapping, int what);


ARGUMENTS
       inode  inode to write

       mapping
              the address_space that should be flushed

       what   what to write and wait upon


DESCRIPTION
       This can be called by file_write functions for  files  which  have  the
       O_SYNC flag set, to flush dirty writes to disk.

        what is a bitmask, specifying which part of the inode’s data should be
       written and waited upon.


OSYNC_DATA
       i_mapping’s dirty data


OSYNC_METADATA
       the buffers at i_mapping->private_list


OSYNC_INODE
       the inode itself