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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os
33.Dt VFS_FHTOVP 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VFS_FHTOVP
36.Nd turn an NFS filehandle into a vnode
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/mount.h
40.In sys/vnode.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VFS_FHTOVP "struct mount *mp" "struct fid *fhp" "struct vnode **vpp"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44This is used by the NFS server to turn an NFS filehandle into a vnode.
45.Pp
46Its arguments are:
47.Bl -tag -width vpp
48.It Fa mp
49The file system.
50.It Fa fhp
51The filehandle to convert.
52.It Fa vpp
53Return parameter for the new locked vnode.
54.El
55.Pp
56The contents of the filehandle are defined by the file system and are
57not examined by any other part of the system.  It should contain
58enough information to uniquely identify a file within the file system
59as well as noticing when a file has been removed and the file system
60resources have been reused for a new file.  For instance, UFS
61file system stores the inode number and inode generation counter in its
62filehandle.
63.Pp
64A call to this function should generally be preceded by a call to
65.Xr VFS_CHECKEXP 9
66to check if the file is accessible to the client.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68The locked vnode for the file will be returned in
69.Fa *vpp .
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr VFS 9 ,
72.Xr VFS_CHECKEXP 9 ,
73.Xr VFS_VPTOFH 9 ,
74.Xr vnode 9
75.Sh AUTHORS
76This man page was written by
77.An Doug Rabson .
78