Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 00:02:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/18627: add description for waitfor in VFS_SYNC(9) Message-ID: <200005172202.AAA29035@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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>Number: 18627 >Category: docs >Synopsis: add description for waitfor in VFS_SYNC(9) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 17 15:10:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alexander Langer >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: none >Environment: >Description: Readthing VFS_SYNC, I asked: Hmm, is the waitfor flag a boolean or what? I took a look into the source and found out: NO, there are three possible values. This adds the description. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: VFS_SYNC.9 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/home/ncvs/src/share/man/man9/VFS_SYNC.9,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.6 VFS_SYNC.9 --- VFS_SYNC.9 1999/08/28 00:21:09 1.6 +++ VFS_SYNC.9 2000/05/17 21:59:31 @@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ .It Ar mp The filesystem. .It Ar waitfor -Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete. +Whether the function should wait for I/O to complete. Possible values +are: +.Bl -tag -width MNT_NOWAIT +.It Va MNT_WAIT +synchronously wait for I/O to complete +.It Va MNT_NOWAIT +start all I/O, but do not wait for it +.It Va MNT_LAZY +push data not written by filesystem syncer +.El .It Ar cred The caller's credentials. .It Ar p >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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