sb_start_write man page on Scientific

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SB_START_WRITE(9)		 The Linux VFS		     SB_START_WRITE(9)

NAME
       sb_start_write - get write access to a superblock

SYNOPSIS
       void sb_start_write(struct super_block * sb);

ARGUMENTS
       sb
	   the super we write to

DESCRIPTION
       When a process wants to write data or metadata to a file system (i.e.
       dirty a page or an inode), it should embed the operation in a
       sb_start_write - sb_end_write pair to get exclusion against file system
       freezing. This function increments number of writers preventing
       freezing. If the file system is already frozen, the function waits
       until the file system is thawed.

       Since freeze protection behaves as a lock, users have to preserve
       ordering of freeze protection and other filesystem locks. Generally,
       freeze protection should be the outermost lock. In particular, we have:

       sb_start_write -> i_mutex (write path, truncate, directory ops, ...) ->
       s_umount (freeze_super, thaw_super)

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.	 November 2013		     SB_START_WRITE(9)

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