1.\" -*- nroff -*- 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson 4.\" 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This program is free software. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 20.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 21.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 22.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 23.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 24.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 25.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 26.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 27.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" $Id: VOP_LINK.9,v 1.3 1997/04/13 14:48:53 bde Exp $ 30.\" 31.Dd July 24, 1996 32.Os 33.Dt VOP_LINK 9 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm VOP_LINK 36.Nd create a new name for a file 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Fd #include <sys/param.h> 39.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h> 40.Ft int 41.Fn VOP_LINK "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode *vp" "struct componentname *cnp" 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43This links a new name in the specified directory to an existing file. 44.Pp 45Its arguments are: 46.Bl -tag -width 8X 47.It Ar dvp 48the vnode of the directory 49.It At vp 50the vnode of the file to be linked 51.It Ar cnp 52pathname information about the file 53.El 54.Pp 55The directory vnode is unlocked and released on exit. 56.Sh LOCKS 57The directory, 58.Fa dvp 59should be locked on entry and will be unlocked and released on exit. 60The file 61.Fa vp 62should not be locked. 63.Sh RETURN VALUES 64Zero is returned if the file was linked successfully, otherwise an 65error is returned. 66.Sh PSEUDOCODE 67.Bd -literal 68int 69vop_link(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp) 70{ 71 int error = 0; 72 73 if (vp->v_mount != dvp->v_mount) { 74 VOP_ABORTOP(dvp, cnp); 75 error = EXDEV; 76 goto out2; 77 } 78 if (vp != dvp && (error = VOP_LOCK(vp))) { 79 VOP_ABORTOP(dvp, cnp); 80 goto out2; 81 } 82 83 if (vp would have too many links) { 84 VOP_ABORTOP(dvp, cnp); 85 error = EMLINK; 86 goto out1; 87 } 88 89 if (vp is immutable) { 90 VOP_ABORTOP(dvp, cnp); 91 error = EPERM; 92 goto out1; 93 } 94 95 /* 96 * Increment link count of vp and write back the on-disc version of it. 97 */ 98 ...; 99 100 if (!error) { 101 /* 102 * Add the new name to the directory. 103 */ 104 ...; 105 } 106 107 free(cnp->cn_pnbuf, M_NAMEI); 108out1: 109 if (vp != dvp) 110 VOP_UNLOCK(vp); 111out2: 112 vput(dvp); 113 114 return error; 115} 116.Ed 117.Sh ERRORS 118.Bl -tag -width Er 119.It Bq Er EPERM 120the file is immutable 121.El 122.Sh SEE ALSO 123.Xr vnode 9 124.Sh AUTHORS 125This man page was written by 126.An Doug Rabson . 127