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27.Dd January 16, 2004
28.Dt G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm g_provider_by_name
32.Nd "find GEOM provider with given name"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In geom/geom.h
35.Ft "struct g_provider *"
36.Fn g_provider_by_name "const char *name"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn g_provider_by_name
40function searches for a provider called
41.Fa name
42and returns the structure
43.Vt g_provider
44bound to it.
45Argument
46.Fa name
47should be a name, not a full path (i.e.,
48.Dq Pa da0 ,
49instead of
50.Dq Pa /dev/da0 ) .
51.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
52The topology lock has to be held.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54The
55.Fn g_provider_by_name
56function
57returns a pointer to the provider called
58.Fa name
59or
60.Dv NULL
61if there is no such provider.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr geom 4 ,
64.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
65.Xr g_access 9 ,
66.Xr g_attach 9 ,
67.Xr g_bio 9 ,
68.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
69.Xr g_data 9 ,
70.Xr g_event 9 ,
71.Xr g_geom 9 ,
72.Xr g_provider 9 ,
73.Xr g_wither_geom 9
74.Sh AUTHORS
75.An -nosplit
76This manual page was written by
77.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .
78