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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