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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man9/vref.9 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man9/vref.9 b/static/openbsd/man9/vref.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6bec6e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man9/vref.9 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: vref.9,v 1.8 2013/06/04 19:27:17 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/vref.9,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:09:25 ru Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $ +.Dt VREF 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vref +.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" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Increment the +.Va v_usecount +field of the vnode specified by +.Fa vp . +.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 uses a vnode (e.g. during the +operation of some algorithm or to store in a data structure) should +call +.Fn vref . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vget 9 , +.Xr vnode 9 , +.Xr vput 9 , +.Xr vrele 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +This man page was originally written by +.An Doug Rabson +for +.Fx . |
