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_OPENCLOSE.9,v 1.1 1997/03/03 18:00:28 dfr Exp $ 30.\" 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/vnode.h> 40.Ft int 41.Fn VOP_OPEN "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p" 42.Ft int 43.Fn VOP_CLOSE "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p" 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Xr VOP_OPEN 9 47entry point is called before a file is accessed by a process and the 48.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9 49entry point is called after a file is finished with by the process. 50.Pp 51The arguments are: 52.Bl -tag -width mode 53.It Ar vp 54the vnode of the file 55.It Ar mode 56the access mode required by the calling process 57.It Ar p 58the process which is accessing the file 59.El 60.Pp 61The access mode is a set of flags, including 62.Dv FREAD , 63.Dv FWRITE , 64.Dv O_NONBLOCK , 65.Dv O_APPEND . 66.Sh LOCKS 67The vnode 68.Fa vp 69should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit for 70.Xr VOP_OPEN 9 71and unlocked on entry and exit for 72.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9 . 73.Sh RETURN VALUES 74Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned. 75.Sh PSEUDOCODE 76.Bd -literal 77int 78vop_open(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred, struct proc *p) 79{ 80 /* 81 * Most filesystems don't do much here. 82 */ 83 return 0; 84} 85.Ed 86.Sh SEE ALSO 87.Xr vnode 9 , 88.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9 89.Sh AUTHORS 90This man page was written by Doug Rabson. 91 92