invalidate_inodes(9)

invalidate_inodes9

Discard the inodes on a device

Usage

int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block * sb);

Arguments

sb

superblock

Overview

Discard all of the inodes for a given superblock. If the discard fails because there are busy inodes then a non zero value is returned. If the discard is successful all the inodes have been discarded.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0

From linux-manual-2.6.32 2.6.32-48squeeze6 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.