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29.Dd December 13, 2021
30.Dt VOP_READDIR 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm VOP_READDIR
34.Nd read contents of a directory
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/dirent.h
38.In sys/vnode.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn VOP_READDIR "struct vnode *vp" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "int *eofflag" "int *ncookies" "uint64_t **cookies"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Read directory entries.
43.Bl -tag -width ncookies
44.It Fa vp
45The vnode of the directory.
46.It Fa uio
47Where to read the directory contents.
48.It Fa cred
49The caller's credentials.
50.It Fa eofflag
51Return end of file status
52.Dv ( NULL
53if not wanted).
54.It Fa ncookies
55Number of directory cookies generated for NFS
56.Dv ( NULL
57if not wanted).
58.It Fa cookies
59Directory seek cookies generated for NFS
60.Dv ( NULL
61if not wanted).
62.El
63The directory contents are read into
64.Vt struct dirent
65structures.
66If the on-disc data structures differ from this then they
67should be translated.
68.Sh LOCKS
69The directory should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
70.Sh RETURN VALUES
71Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
72.Pp
73If this is called from the NFS server, the extra arguments
74.Fa eofflag ,
75.Fa ncookies
76and
77.Fa cookies
78are given.
79The value of
80.Fa *eofflag
81should be set to TRUE if the end of the directory is reached while
82reading.
83The directory seek cookies are returned to the NFS client and may be used
84later to restart a directory read part way through the directory.
85There should be one cookie returned per directory entry.
86The value of
87the cookie should be the offset within the directory where the on-disc
88version of the appropriate directory entry starts.
89Memory for the cookies should be allocated using:
90.Bd -literal
91	...;
92	*ncookies = number of entries read;
93	*cookies = malloc(*ncookies * sizeof(**cookies), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
94.Ed
95.Sh ERRORS
96.Bl -tag -width Er
97.It Bq Er EINVAL
98An attempt was made to read from an illegal offset in the directory.
99.It Bq Er EIO
100A read error occurred while reading the directory.
101.It Bq Er EINTEGRITY
102Corrupted data was detected while reading the directory.
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr vnode 9
106.Sh AUTHORS
107This manual page was written by
108.An Doug Rabson .
109