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@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
.\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.\" Modified 2004-06-17 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
-.TH bdflush 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH bdflush 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
bdflush \- start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/kdaemon.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "[[deprecated]] int bdflush(int " func ", long *" address );
.BI "[[deprecated]] int bdflush(int " func ", long " data );
.fi
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ Nowadays, the task performed by
is handled by the kernel
.I pdflush
thread.
-.PP
+.P
.BR bdflush ()
starts, flushes, or tunes the buffer-dirty-flush daemon.
Only a privileged process (one with the
.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
capability) may call
.BR bdflush ().
-.PP
+.P
If
.I func
is negative or 0, and no daemon has been started, then
.BR bdflush ()
enters the daemon code and never returns.
-.PP
+.P
If
.I func
is 1,
some dirty buffers are written to disk.
-.PP
+.P
If
.I func
is 2 or more and is even (low bit is 0), then
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ is the address of a long word,
and the tuning parameter numbered
.RI "(" "func" "\-2)/2"
is returned to the caller in that address.
-.PP
+.P
If
.I func
is 3 or more and is odd (low bit is 1), then
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ is a long word,
and the kernel sets tuning parameter numbered
.RI "(" "func" "\-3)/2"
to that value.
-.PP
+.P
The set of parameters, their values, and their valid ranges
are defined in the Linux kernel source file
.IR fs/buffer.c .