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27.Dd February 11, 2013
28.Dt VFS_BUSY 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vfs_busy
32.Nd "marks a mount point as busy"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/mount.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn vfs_busy "struct mount *mp" "int flags"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn vfs_busy
41function marks a mount point as busy by incrementing
42the reference count of a mount point.
43It also delays unmounting by sleeping on
44.Fa mp
45if the
46.Dv MNTK_UNMOUNT
47flag is set in
48.Fa mp->mnt_kern_flag
49and the
50.Dv MBF_NOWAIT
51flag is
52.Em not
53set.
54.Pp
55Its arguments are:
56.Bl -tag -width ".Fa flags"
57.It Fa mp
58The mount point to busy.
59.It Fa flags
60Flags controlling how
61.Fn vfs_busy
62should act.
63.Bl -tag -width ".Dv MBF_MNTLSTLOCK"
64.It Dv MBF_NOWAIT
65do not sleep if
66.Dv MNTK_UNMOUNT
67is set.
68.It Dv MBF_MNTLSTLOCK
69drop the mountlist_mtx in the critical path.
70.El
71.El
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73A 0 value is returned on success.
74If the mount point is being
75unmounted and MBF_NOWAIT flag is specified
76.Er ENOENT
77will be returned.
78.Sh ERRORS
79.Bl -tag -width Er
80.It Bq Er ENOENT
81The mount point is being unmounted
82.Dv ( MNTK_UNMOUNT
83is set).
84.El
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr vfs_unbusy 9
87.Sh AUTHORS
88This manual page was written by
89.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
90