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29.\" $FreeBSD$
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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.In sys/param.h
39.In 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 8n
47.It Ar dvp
48the vnode of the directory
49.It Ar vp
50the vnode of the file to be linked
51.It Ar cnp
52pathname information about the file
53.El
54.Pp
55The pathname info must be released on exit.  The directory and
56file vnodes should NOT be released on exit.
57.Sh LOCKS
58The directory,
59.Fa dvp
60is locked on entry and should remain locked on return.
61The file
62.Fa vp
63is not locked on entry and should remain that way on return.
64If your VOP code locks
65.Fa vp ,
66it must be sure to unlock prior to returning.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68Zero is returned if the file was linked successfully, otherwise an
69error is returned.
70.Sh PSEUDOCODE
71.Bd -literal
72int
73vop_link(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp)
74{
75    int error = 0;
76
77    if (vp->v_mount != dvp->v_mount) {
78	error = EXDEV;
79	goto out2;
80    }
81    if (vp != dvp && (error = VOP_LOCK(vp))) {
82	goto out2;
83    }
84
85    /*
86     * now that we've locked vp, we have to use out1 instead of out2
87     */
88
89    if (vp would have too many links) {
90	error = EMLINK;
91	goto out1;
92    }
93
94    if (vp is immutable) {
95	error = EPERM;
96	goto out1;
97    }
98
99    /*
100     * Increment link count of vp and write back the on-disc version of it.
101     */
102    ...;
103
104    if (!error) {
105	/*
106	 * Add the new name to the directory.
107	 */
108	...;
109    }
110
111    free(cnp->cn_pnbuf, M_NAMEI);
112out1:
113    if (vp != dvp)
114	VOP_UNLOCK(vp);
115out2:
116
117    return error;
118}
119.Ed
120.Sh ERRORS
121.Bl -tag -width Er
122.It Bq Er EPERM
123the file is immutable
124.El
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr vnode 9 ,
127.Xr vn_lock 9
128.Sh AUTHORS
129This man page was originally written by
130.An Doug Rabson .
131