The Linux Journalling API
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journal_restart

Name

journal_restart -- restart a handle .

Synopsis

int journal_restart (handle_t * handle, int nblocks);

Arguments

handle: handle to restart
nblocks: nr credits requested

Description

Restart a handle for a multi-transaction filesystem operation.

If the journal_extend call above fails to grant new buffer credits to a running handle, a call to journal_restart will commit the handle's transaction so far and reattach the handle to a new transaction capabable of guaranteeing the requested number of credits.

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