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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
| commit | b9cde963555b6519c5dbd34a39dee3418f593437 (patch) | |
| tree | 453accad3c3286e3416d4160de4a87223aff684c /static/freebsd/man9/vref.9 | |
| parent | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (diff) | |
feat: Added FreeBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man9/vref.9 b/static/freebsd/man9/vref.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..56afe7a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man9/vref.9 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This program is free software. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.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 . |
