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29.Dd April 1, 2007
29.Dd November 21, 2001
30.Dt VHOLD 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
30.Dt VHOLD 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm vhold , vdrop , vdropl
34.Nd "acquire/release a hold on a vnode"
33.Nm vhold
34.Nm vdrop
35.Nd "aquire/release a hold on a vnode"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/vnode.h
38.Ft void
39.Fn vhold "struct vnode *vp"
40.Ft void
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/vnode.h
39.Ft void
40.Fn vhold "struct vnode *vp"
41.Ft void
41.Fn vholdl "struct vnode *vp"
42.Ft void
43.Fn vdrop "struct vnode *vp"
42.Fn vdrop "struct vnode *vp"
44.Ft void
45.Fn vdropl "struct vnode *vp"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn vhold
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn vhold
49and
50.Fn vholdl
51functions increment the
52.Va v_holdcnt
53of the given vnode.
54If the vnode has already been added to the free list and is still referenced,
46function increments the v_holdcnt of the given vnode.
47If the vnode has already been added to the free list and is still referenced
55it will be removed.
56.Pp
57The
58.Fn vdrop
48it will be removed.
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn vdrop
59and
60.Fn vdropl
61functions decrement the
62.Va v_holdcnt
63of the vnode.
64If the holdcount is less than or equal to zero prior to calling
52function decrements the v_holdcnt of the vnode.
53If the holdcount is zero or less prior to calling
65.Fn vdrop
54.Fn vdrop
66or
67.Fn vdropl ,
68the system will panic.
55the system will panic.
69If the vnode is no longer referenced, it will be freed.
70.Pp
71.Fn vhold
72and
73.Fn vdrop
74lock the vnode interlock while
75.Fn vholdl
76and
77.Fn vdropl
78expect the interlock to already be held.
56If the vnode is no longer referenced it will freed.
79.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr vnode 9
58.Xr vfree 9 ,
59.Xr vbusy 9
81.Sh AUTHORS
60.Sh AUTHORS
82This manual page was written by
61This man page was written by
83.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .
62.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .