getnewvnode(9)

NAME

getnewvnode - get a new vnode

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
int
getnewvnode(const char *tag, struct mount *mp, vop_t **vops,
        struct vnode **vpp);

DESCRIPTION

The getnewvnode() function initializes a new vnode, assign

ing it the
vnode operations passed in vops. The vnode is either fresh

ly allocated,
or taken from the head of the free list depending on the

number of vnodes
already in the system.

The arguments to getnewvnode() are:

tag The file system type string. This field should

only be refer

enced for debugging or for userland utilities.

mp The mount point to add the new vnode to.

vops The vnode operations to assign to the new vnode.

vpp Points to the new vnode upon successful comple

tion.

RETURN VALUES

getnewvnode() returns 0 on success. There are currently no

failure conditions - that do not result in a panic.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@ac

ns.ab.ca>.

BSD November 21, 2001

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