VMTRUNCATE
Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
vmtruncate - unmap mappings lqfreedrq by truncate syscall
SYNOPSIS
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int vmtruncate(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset);
ARGUMENTS
inode
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- inode of the file used
offset
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file offset to start truncating
DESCRIPTION
This function is deprecated and truncate_setsize or truncate_pagecache should be used instead, together with filesystem specific block truncation.
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