vrele(9)

NAME

vrele - decrement the use count for a vnode

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
void
vrele(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION

Decrement the v_usecount field of a vnode.

vp the vnode to decrement

Any code in the system which is using a vnode should call

vrele() when it
is finished with the vnode. If the v_usecount field of the

vnode reaches
zero, then it will be placed on the free list.

SEE ALSO

vget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

BSD July 24, 1996

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