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31.Dd May 23, 2009
32.Dt VFS_ROOT 9
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VFS_ROOT
36.Nd return the root vnode of a file system
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/mount.h
40.In sys/vnode.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VFS_ROOT "struct mount *mp" "int flags" "struct vnode **vpp"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Return a locked vnode for the root directory of the file system.
45.Pp
46Its arguments are:
47.Bl -tag -width flags
48.It Fa mp
49The file system.
50.It Fa flags
51The lock type.
52Could be
53.Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE
54or
55.Dv LK_SHARED .
56File system is free to ignore the
57.Fa flags
58argument and instead acquire an exclusive lock.
59.It Fa vpp
60Return parameter for the root vnode.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr VFS 9 ,
64.Xr vnode 9
65.Sh AUTHORS
66This manual page was written by
67.An Doug Rabson .
68