Name

blkdev_issue_flush — queue a flush

Synopsis

int blkdev_issue_flush (struct block_device *  bdev,
 gfp_t  gfp_mask,
 sector_t *  error_sector);

Arguments

bdev

blockdev to issue flush for

gfp_mask

memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)

error_sector

error sector

Description

Issue a flush for the block device in question. Caller can supply room for storing the error offset in case of a flush error, if they wish to. If WAIT flag is not passed then caller may check only what request was pushed in some internal queue for later handling.