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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 .
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