1.\" 2.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as 9.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible 10.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY 16.\" EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 17.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 18.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY 19.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 20.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 21.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 22.\" CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 23.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 24.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 25.\" DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.Dd November 1, 2023 28.Dt GETNEWVNODE 9 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm getnewvnode 32.Nd "get a new vnode" 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34.In sys/param.h 35.In sys/vnode.h 36.In sys/mount.h 37.Ft int 38.Fn getnewvnode "const char *tag" "struct mount *mp" "struct vop_vector *vops" "struct vnode **vpp" 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Fn getnewvnode 42function initializes a new vnode, assigning it the vnode operations passed in 43.Fa vops . 44.Pp 45The arguments to 46.Fn getnewvnode 47are: 48.Bl -tag -width ".Fa vops" 49.It Fa tag 50The file system type string. 51This field should only be referenced for debugging or for userland utilities. 52.It Fa mp 53The mount point to add the new vnode to. 54.It Fa vops 55The vnode operations to assign to the new vnode. 56.It Fa vpp 57Points to the new vnode upon successful completion. 58.El 59.Sh RETURN VALUES 60.Fn getnewvnode 61returns 0 on success. 62.Sh BUGS 63It never returns an error, instead either succeeds or blocks indefinitely. 64.Sh AUTHORS 65This manual page was written by 66.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca . 67