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

       vnode(9)

AUTHORS

       This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

Debian                                            July 24, 1996                                     VOP_FSYNC(9)