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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os
33.Dt VOP_INACTIVE 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_INACTIVE ,
36.Nm VOP_RECLAIM
37.Nd reclaim file system resources for a vnode
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/param.h
40.In sys/vnode.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_INACTIVE "struct vnode *vp" "struct thread *td"
43.Ft int
44.Fn VOP_RECLAIM "struct vnode *vp" "struct thread *td"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The arguments are:
47.Bl -tag -width 2n
48.It Fa vp
49The vnode being reclaimed.
50.El
51.Pp
52.Fn VOP_INACTIVE
53is called when the kernel is no longer using the vnode.
54This may be
55because the reference count reaches zero or it may be that the
56file system is being forcibly unmounted while there are open files.
57It can be used to reclaim space for
58.Sq open but deleted
59files.
60.Pp
61.Fn VOP_RECLAIM
62is called when a vnode is being reused for a different file system.
63Any file system specific resources associated with the vnode should be
64freed.
65.Sh LOCKS
66For VOP_INACTIVE, the
67.Fa vp
68will be locked on entry.
69Your VOP_INACTIVE code
70must unlock the
71.Fa vp
72prior to returning.
73.Pp
74For VOP_RECLAIM, the
75.Fa vp
76will not be locked on entry and should be left unlocked on return.
77.Sh PSEUDOCODE
78.Bd -literal
79int
80vop_inactive(struct vnode *vp, struct thread *td)
81{
82    if (link count of vp == 0) {
83	/*
84	 * Reclaim space in file system for vp.
85	 */
86	...;
87    }
88    VOP_UNLOCK(vp, 0, td);
89
90    return 0;
91}
92
93int
94vop_reclaim(struct vnode *vp, struct thread *td)
95{
96    /*
97     * Clean out the name cache.
98     */
99    cache_purge(vp);
100
101    /*
102     * Free file system related data.
103     */
104    ...;
105
106    return 0;
107}
108.Ed
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr vnode 9
111.Sh AUTHORS
112This manual page was written by
113.An Doug Rabson .
114