+
+/**
+ * ubi_sync - synchronize UBI device buffers.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device to synchronize
+ *
+ * The underlying MTD device may cache data in hardware or in software. This
+ * function ensures the caches are flushed. Returns zero in case of success and
+ * a negative error code in case of failure.
+ */
+int ubi_sync(int ubi_num)
+{
+ struct ubi_device *ubi;
+
+ ubi = ubi_get_device(ubi_num);
+ if (!ubi)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (ubi->mtd->sync)
+ ubi->mtd->sync(ubi->mtd);
+
+ ubi_put_device(ubi);
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_sync);