journal_init_dev(9)

journal_init_dev9

Creates and initialises a journal structure

Usage

journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct block_device * bdev, struct block_device * fs_dev, int start, int len, int blocksize);

Arguments

bdev

Block device on which to create the journal

fs_dev

Device which hold journalled filesystem for this journal.

start

Block nr Start of journal.

len

Length of the journal in blocks.

blocksize

blocksize of journalling device

Returns

a newly created journal_t *

journal_init_dev creates a journal which maps a fixed contiguous range of blocks on an arbitrary block device.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

Authors

Roger Gammans <[email protected]>

Author.

Stephen Tweedie <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.