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2.6 KiB
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70 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 21, 2001
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.Dt GETNEWVNODE 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getnewvnode
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.Nd "get a new vnode"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/vnode.h
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.In sys/mount.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn getnewvnode "const char *tag" "struct mount *mp" "vop_t **vops" "struct vnode **vpp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getnewvnode
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function initializes a new vnode, assigning it the vnode operations passed in
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.Fa vops .
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The vnode is either freshly allocated, or taken from the head of the
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free list depending on the number of vnodes already in the system.
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.Pp
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The arguments to
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.Fn getnewvnode
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are:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fa vops"
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.It Fa tag
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The file system type string.
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This field should only be referenced for debugging or for userland utilities.
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.It Fa mp
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The mount point to add the new vnode to.
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.It Fa vops
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The vnode operations to assign to the new vnode.
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.It Fa vpp
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Points to the new vnode upon successful completion.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn getnewvnode
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returns 0 on success.
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There are currently no failure conditions - that do not result in a panic.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page was written by
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.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .
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