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2921642577SAlfred Perlstein.Dd November 21, 2001
3021642577SAlfred Perlstein.Dt VHOLD 9
3121642577SAlfred Perlstein.Os
3221642577SAlfred Perlstein.Sh NAME
3321642577SAlfred Perlstein.Nm vhold
3421642577SAlfred Perlstein.Nm vdrop
3521642577SAlfred Perlstein.Nd "aquire/release a hold on a vnode"
3621642577SAlfred Perlstein.Sh SYNOPSIS
3721642577SAlfred Perlstein.In sys/param.h
3821642577SAlfred Perlstein.In sys/vnode.h
3921642577SAlfred Perlstein.Ft void
4021642577SAlfred Perlstein.Fn vhold "struct vnode *vp"
4121642577SAlfred Perlstein.Ft void
4221642577SAlfred Perlstein.Fn vdrop "struct vnode *vp"
4321642577SAlfred Perlstein.Sh DESCRIPTION
4421642577SAlfred PerlsteinThe
4521642577SAlfred Perlstein.Fn vhold
4621642577SAlfred Perlsteinfunction increments the v_holdcnt of the given vnode.
4721642577SAlfred PerlsteinIf the vnode has already been added to the free list and is still referenced
4821642577SAlfred Perlsteinit will be removed.
4921642577SAlfred Perlstein.Pp
5021642577SAlfred PerlsteinThe
5121642577SAlfred Perlstein.Fn vdrop
5221642577SAlfred Perlsteinfunction decrements the v_holdcnt of the vnode.
5321642577SAlfred PerlsteinIf the holdcount is zero or less prior to calling
5421642577SAlfred Perlstein.Fn vdrop
5521642577SAlfred Perlsteinthe system will panic.
5621642577SAlfred PerlsteinIf the vnode is no longer referenced it will freed.
5721642577SAlfred Perlstein.Sh SEE ALSO
5821642577SAlfred Perlstein.Xr vfree 9 ,
5921642577SAlfred Perlstein.Xr vbusy 9
6021642577SAlfred Perlstein.Sh AUTHORS
6121642577SAlfred PerlsteinThis man page was written by
6221642577SAlfred Perlstein.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .
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