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diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_FSYNC.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_FSYNC.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..76e114f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_FSYNC.9 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This program is free software. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 24, 1996 +.Dt VOP_FSYNC 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm VOP_FSYNC +.Nd flush file system buffers for a file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In sys/vnode.h +.Ft int +.Fn VOP_FSYNC "struct vnode *vp" "int waitfor" "struct thread *td" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This call flushes any dirty file system buffers for the file. +It is used to implement the +.Xr sync 2 +and +.Xr fsync 2 +system calls. +.Pp +Its arguments are: +.Bl -tag -width waitfor +.It Fa vp +The vnode of the file. +.It Fa waitfor +Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete. +Possible values are: +.Bl -tag -width MNT_NOWAIT +.It Dv MNT_WAIT +Synchronously wait for I/O to complete. +.It Dv MNT_NOWAIT +Start all I/O, but do not wait for it. +.It Dv MNT_LAZY +Push data not written by file system syncer. +.El +.It Fa td +The calling thread. +.El +.Sh LOCKS +The file should be locked on entry. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Zero is returned if the call is successful, otherwise an appropriate +error code is returned. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ENOSPC +The file system is full. +.It Bq Er EDQUOT +Quota exceeded. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vnode 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Doug Rabson . |