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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os
33.Dt VOP_OPEN 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_OPEN ,
36.Nm VOP_CLOSE
37.Nd open or close a file
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
40.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_OPEN "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
43.Ft int
44.Fn VOP_CLOSE "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Xr VOP_OPEN 9
48entry point is called before a file is accessed by a process and the
49.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9
50entry point is called after a file is finished with by the process.
51.Pp
52The arguments are:
53.Bl -tag -width mode
54.It Ar vp
55the vnode of the file
56.It Ar mode
57the access mode required by the calling process
58.It Ar p
59the process which is accessing the file
60.El
61.Pp
62The access mode is a set of flags, including
63.Dv FREAD ,
64.Dv FWRITE ,
65.Dv O_NONBLOCK ,
66.Dv O_APPEND .
67.Sh LOCKS
68.Xr VOP_OPEN 9
69expects
70.Fa vp
71to be locked on entry and will leave it locked on return.
72.Pp
73.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9
74expects at least a reference to be associated with the vnode and does not
75care whether the vnode is locked or not.  The lock and reference state is
76left unchanged on return.  Note that
77.Fa vn_close
78expects an unlocked, referenced vnode and will dereference the vnode prior
79to returning.
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
82.Sh PSEUDOCODE
83.Bd -literal
84int
85vop_open(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred, struct proc *p)
86{
87    /*
88     * Most filesystems don't do much here.
89     */
90    return 0;
91}
92.Ed
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr vnode 9 ,
95.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9
96.Sh AUTHORS
97This man page was written by
98.An Doug Rabson .
99