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Re: Re: Re: Access content of file via inodes

On Apr 5, 2005 4:42 PM, nitin ahuja <nitin2ahuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >
> > This may sound silly, but I am trying to find a way to > commit these
> > changes. Any idea how? I believe this is why the data  > is still located
> > in the hard disk device somehow, afterall, I am
> > modifying b_data that belongs to buffer_head.
> >
> 
> To commit a buffer's data to disk try this:
> 
> void commit_to_disk (struct buffer_head * bh)
> {
>     mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
>     sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
> }

I am using 2.4.29 atm, and I am wondering if "sync_dirty_buffer" is the
equivalent of "fs/buffer.c:int sync_buffers(kdev_t dev, int wait)"

Kathy

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