Merge #1833

1833: add syncfs on linux r=rtzoeller a=SteveLauC

Fixes #1818 

Change has not been added to `CHANGELOG.md`, will add it when #1831 is merged, or there will be a merge conflict

Co-authored-by: Steve Lau <stevelauc@outlook.com>

Author: bors[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   ([#1817](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1817))
 - Re-export `RLIM_INFINITY` from `libc`
   ([#1831](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1831))
+- Added `syncfs(2)` on Linux
+  ([#1833](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1833))
 
 ### Changed
 

src/unistd.rs

@@ -1354,6 +1354,17 @@ pub fn sync() {
     unsafe { libc::sync() };
 }
 
+/// Commit filesystem caches containing file referred to by the open file
+/// descriptor `fd` to disk
+///
+/// See also [syncfs(2)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/sync.2.html)
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn syncfs(fd: RawFd) -> Result<()> {
+    let res = unsafe { libc::syncfs(fd) };
+
+    Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+}
+
 /// Synchronize changes to a file
 ///
 /// See also [fsync(2)](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fsync.html)