Name

generic_file_write_iter — write data to a file

Synopsis

ssize_t generic_file_write_iter (struct kiocb * iocb,
 struct iov_iter * from);
 

Arguments

iocb

IO state structure

from

iov_iter with data to write

Description

This is a wrapper around __generic_file_write_iter to be used by most filesystems. It takes care of syncing the file in case of O_SYNC file and acquires i_mutex as needed.