sync_inode
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## Name

sync_inode — write an inode and its pages to disk.

## Synopsis

`int sync_inode (` | struct inode * inode,
| struct writeback_control * wbc`)`;

## Arguments

`inode`

  the inode to sync

`wbc`

  controls the writeback mode

## Description

`sync_inode` will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will update inode->i_state.

The caller must have a ref on the inode.

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