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30.Dd February 16, 2023
31.Dt VNFILEOPS 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm vnfileops ,
35.Nm vn_closefile ,
36.Nm vn_fcntl ,
37.Nm vn_ioctl ,
38.Nm vn_read ,
39.Nm vn_poll ,
40.Nm vn_statfile ,
41.Nm vn_write
42.Nd vnode file descriptor operations
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/param.h
45.In sys/file.h
46.In sys/vnode.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn vn_closefile "file_t *fp"
49.Ft int
50.Fn vn_fcntl "file_t *fp" "u_int com" "void *data"
51.Ft int
52.Fn vn_ioctl "file_t *fp" "u_long com" "void *data"
53.Ft int
54.Fn vn_read "file_t *fp" "off_t *offset" "struct uio *uio" "kauth_cred_t cred" "int flags"
55.Ft int
56.Fn vn_poll "file_t *fp" "int events"
57.Ft int
58.Fn vn_statfile "file_t *fp" "struct stat *sb"
59.Ft int
60.Fn vn_write "file_t *fp" "off_t *offset" "struct uio *uio" "kauth_cred_t cred" "int flags"
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The functions described in this page are the vnode-specific file
63descriptor operations.
64They should only be accessed through the opaque function pointers
65in the file entries (see
66.Xr file 9 ) .
67They are described here only for completeness.
68.Sh FUNCTIONS
69.Bl -tag -width compact
70.It Fn vn_closefile "fp" "l"
71Common code for a file table vnode close operation.
72The file is described by
73.Fa fp
74and
75.Fa l
76is the calling lwp.
77.Fn vn_closefile
78simply calls
79.Xr vn_close 9
80with the appropriate arguments.
81.It Fn vn_fcntl "fp" "com" "data" "l"
82Common code for a file table vnode
83.Xr fcntl 2
84operation.
85The file is specified by
86.Fa fp .
87The argument
88.Fa l
89is the calling lwp.
90.Fn vn_fcntl
91simply locks the vnode and invokes the vnode operation
92.Xr VOP_FCNTL 9
93with the command
94.Fa com
95and buffer
96.Fa data .
97The vnode is unlocked on return.
98If the operation is successful zero is returned, otherwise an
99appropriate error is returned.
100.It Fn vn_ioctl "fp" "com" "data" "l"
101Common code for a file table vnode ioctl operation.
102The file is specified by
103.Fa fp .
104The argument
105.Fa l
106is the calling lwp.
107.Fn vn_ioctl
108simply locks the vnode and invokes the vnode operation
109.Xr VOP_IOCTL 9
110with the command
111.Fa com
112and buffer
113.Fa data .
114The vnode is unlocked on return.
115If the operation is successful zero is returned, otherwise an
116appropriate error is returned.
117.It Fn vn_read "fp" "offset" "uio" "cred" "flags"
118Common code for a file table vnode read.
119The argument
120.Fa fp
121is the file structure,  The argument
122.Fa offset
123is the offset into the file.
124The argument
125.Fa uio
126is the uio structure describing the memory to read into.
127The caller's credentials are specified in
128.Fa cred .
129The
130.Fa flags
131argument can define FOF_UPDATE_OFFSET to update the read position in
132the file.
133If the operation is successful zero is returned, otherwise an
134appropriate error is returned.
135.It Fn vn_poll "fp" "events" "l"
136Common code for a file table vnode poll operation.
137.Fn vn_poll
138simply calls
139.Xr VOP_POLL 9
140with the events
141.Fa events
142and the calling lwp
143.Fa l .
144The function returns a bitmask of available events.
145.It Fn vn_statfile "fp" "sb" "l"
146Common code for a stat operation.
147The file descriptor is specified by the argument
148.Fa fp
149and
150.Fa sb
151is the buffer to return the stat information.
152The argument
153.Fa l
154is the calling lwp.
155.Fn vn_statfile
156basically calls the vnode operation
157.Xr VOP_GETATTR 9
158and transfer the contents of a vattr structure into a struct stat.
159If the operation is successful zero is returned, otherwise an
160appropriate error code is returned.
161.It Fn vn_write "fp" "offset" "uio" "cred" "flags"
162Common code for a file table vnode write.
163The argument
164.Fa fp
165is the file structure,  The argument
166.Fa offset
167is the offset into the file.
168The argument
169.Fa uio
170is the uio structure describing the memory to read from.
171The caller's credentials are specified in
172.Fa cred .
173The
174.Fa flags
175argument can define FOF_UPDATE_OFFSET to update the read position in
176the file.
177If the operation is successful zero is returned, otherwise an
178appropriate error is returned.
179.El
180.Sh CODE REFERENCES
181The high-level convenience functions are implemented within the file
182.Pa sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c .
183.Sh SEE ALSO
184.Xr file 9 ,
185.Xr intro 9 ,
186.Xr vnode 9 ,
187.Xr vnodeops 9 ,
188.Xr vnsubr 9
189