JOURNAL_INIT_INODE

Section: The Linux Journalling API (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

journal_init_inode - creates a journal which maps to a inode.

SYNOPSIS

journal_t * journal_init_inode(struct inode * inode);

ARGUMENTS

inode

: An inode to create the journal in

DESCRIPTION

journal_init_inode creates a journal which maps an on-disk inode as the journal. The inode must exist already, must support bmap and must have all data blocks preallocated.

AUTHORS

Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>

: Author.

Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>