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27.Dd November 21, 2001
28.Dt VFLUSH 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vflush
32.Nd "flush vnodes for a mount point"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/vnode.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn vflush "struct mount *mp" "int rootrefs" "int flags" "struct thread *td"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn vflush
41function removes any vnodes in the vnode table that belong to the given
42.Vt mount
43structure.
44.Pp
45Its arguments are:
46.Bl -tag -width ".Fa rootrefs"
47.It Fa mp
48The mount point whose vnodes should be removed.
49.It Fa rootrefs
50The number of references expected on the root vnode.
51.Xr vrele 9
52will be invoked on the root vnode
53.Fa rootrefs
54times.
55.It Fa flags
56The flags indicating how vnodes should be handled.
57.Bl -tag -width ".Dv WRITECLOSE"
58.It Dv FORCECLOSE
59If set, busy vnodes will be forcibly closed.
60.It Dv SKIPSYSTEM
61If set, vnodes with the
62.Dv VV_SYSTEM
63flag set will be skipped.
64.It Dv WRITECLOSE
65If set, only regular files currently opened for writing will be removed.
66.El
67.It Fa td
68The calling thread.
69.El
70.Sh RETURN VALUES
71A value of 0 is returned if the flush is successful; otherwise,
72.Er EBUSY
73will be returned.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr vgone 9 ,
76.Xr vrele 9
77.Sh AUTHORS
78This manual page was written by
79.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
80