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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
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+.\"
+.Dd January 18, 2016
+.Dt VREF 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vref , vrefl
+.Nd increment the use count for a vnode
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/vnode.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn vref "struct vnode *vp"
+.Ft void
+.Fn vrefl "struct vnode *vp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Increment the
+.Va v_usecount
+field of a vnode.
+.Bl -tag -width 2n
+.It Fa vp
+the vnode to increment
+.El
+.Pp
+Each vnode maintains a reference count of how many parts of the system
+are using the vnode.
+This allows the system to detect when a vnode is
+no longer being used and can be safely recycled for a different file.
+.Pp
+Any code in the system which is using a vnode (e.g.\& during the
+operation of some algorithm or to store in a data structure) should
+call
+.Fn vref
+or
+.Fn vrefl .
+.Pp
+.Fn vref
+locks the vnode interlock while
+.Fn vrefl
+expects the interlock to already be held.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vget 9 ,
+.Xr vnode 9 ,
+.Xr vput 9 ,
+.Xr vrefcnt 9 ,
+.Xr vrele 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Doug Rabson .