186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson 286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" All rights reserved. 486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" This program is free software. 686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" are met: 1086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 1186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 1286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 1386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 1486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 1586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 1686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 1786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 1886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 1986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 2086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 2186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 2286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 2386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 2486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 2586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 2686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 2786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/vrele.9,v 1.6.2.2 2001/12/17 11:30:19 ru Exp $ 2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 2986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd May 5, 2007 3086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt VRELE 9 3186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os 3286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME 3386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm vrele 3486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd Release a previously obtained primary reference for a vnode 3586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS 3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.In sys/param.h 3786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.In sys/vnode.h 3886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ft void 3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn vrele "struct vnode *vp" 4086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION 4186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe caller is holding a primary reference to the vnode and wishes to 4286d7f5d3SJohn Marinorelease it. 4386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Bl -tag -width ".Fa vp" 4486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.It Fa vp 4586d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe vnode being released. 4686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.El 4786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp 4886d7f5d3SJohn MarinoAny code in the system which obtains a primary reference to a vnode via 4986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vref 9 5086d7f5d3SJohn Marinotypically releases that reference with 5186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn vrele 5286d7f5d3SJohn Marinowhen it is finished with the vnode. 5386d7f5d3SJohn MarinoUpon release of the last primary 5486d7f5d3SJohn Marinoreference, the vnode will be deactivated and either moved to the free 5586d7f5d3SJohn Marinolist for later reuse or marked as being cache. 5686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe vnode can be reactivated at any time prior to the system reusing it. 5786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO 5886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vdrop 9 , 5986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vget 9 , 6086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vhold 9 , 6186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vnode 9 , 6286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vn_lock 9 , 6386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vn_unlock 9 , 6486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vput 9 , 6586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr vref 9 6686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh AUTHORS 6786d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThis manual page was written by 6886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.An Doug Rabson . 69