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29*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dd June 30, 2022
30fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Dt VOP_STRATEGY 9
31aa12cea2SUlrich Spörlein.Os
32fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh NAME
33fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Nm VOP_STRATEGY
34fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Nd read or write a file system buffer
35fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh SYNOPSIS
3632eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In sys/param.h
37*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.In sys/buf.h
3832eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In sys/vnode.h
39fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Ft int
4099b4f824SBruce Evans.Fn VOP_STRATEGY "struct vnode *vp" "struct buf *bp"
41fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh DESCRIPTION
42fab63cc4SDoug RabsonThe arguments are:
43218d2162SRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width 2n
440640e9e0SHiten Pandya.It Fa vp
450a57ea7dSRuslan ErmilovThe vnode that the buffer is for.
460640e9e0SHiten Pandya.It Fa bp
470a57ea7dSRuslan ErmilovThe buffer to be read or written.
48fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.El
49fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Pp
50fab63cc4SDoug RabsonThis call either reads or writes data from a file, depending on the value of
51*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fa bp->b_iocmd .
524c7da4f9SAlfred Perlstein.Pp
534c7da4f9SAlfred PerlsteinThe call may block.
54fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh RETURN VALUES
550da50f6eSEdward Tomasz NapieralaAlways zero.
56*42db2dbbSDag-Erling SmørgravErrors should be signalled by setting the
57*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Dv BIO_ERROR
58*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgravbit in
59*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fa bp->b_ioflags
60*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgravand setting
61*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Fa bp->b_error
62*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgravto the appropriate
63*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Va errno
64*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgravvalue.
65fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh SEE ALSO
66*42db2dbbSDag-Erling Smørgrav.Xr errno 2 ,
67c41b028cSBryan Drewery.Xr buf 9 ,
68bceb8aedSWolfram Schneider.Xr vnode 9
69fab63cc4SDoug Rabson.Sh AUTHORS
70571dba6eSHiten PandyaThis manual page was written by
71aaf1f16eSPhilippe Charnier.An Doug Rabson .
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