1JOURNAL_INIT_DEV(9)        The Linux Journalling API       JOURNAL_INIT_DEV(9)
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NAME

6       journal_init_dev - creates and initialises a journal structure
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SYNOPSIS

9       journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct block_device * bdev,
10                                    struct block_device * fs_dev, int start,
11                                    int len, int blocksize);
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ARGUMENTS

14       bdev
15           Block device on which to create the journal
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18           Device which hold journalled filesystem for this journal.
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21           Block nr Start of journal.
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24           Length of the journal in blocks.
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27           blocksize of journalling device
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RETURNS

30       a newly created journal_t *
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32       journal_init_dev creates a journal which maps a fixed contiguous range
33       of blocks on an arbitrary block device.
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AUTHORS

36       Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>
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39       Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
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43Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019               JOURNAL_INIT_DEV(9)
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