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From: Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: add description for waitfor in VFS_SYNC(9)
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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:    alex
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 17 15:10:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jun 12 06:53:34 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jun 12 06:53:56 PDT 2000
>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:

From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/18627: add description for waitfor in VFS_SYNC(9)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 00:49:31 +0200

 Thus spake Alexander Langer (alex@cichlids.com):
 
 > +.It Va MNT_WAIT
 
 Should that be Dv and not Va? Not sure, please correct if it is the
 case. Thanks.
 
 Alex
 
 -- 
 I need a new ~/.sig.
 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->alex 
Responsible-Changed-By: alex 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Jun 8 13:10:45 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I promised to take this PR. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18627 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: alex 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 12 06:53:34 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
committed. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18627 
>Unformatted:
