WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)             Memory Management in Linux            WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)



NAME
       wait_for_stable_page - wait for writeback to finish, if necessary.

SYNOPSIS
       void wait_for_stable_page(struct page * page);

ARGUMENTS
       page
           The page to wait on.

DESCRIPTION
       This function determines if the given page is related to a backing device that requires
       page contents to be held stable during writeback. If so, then it will wait for any pending
       writeback to complete.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                   WAIT_FOR_STABLE_PAGE(9)