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VREF(9)               DragonFly Kernel Developer's Manual              VREF(9)

NAME

vref -- Increment the primary reference count for an active vnode

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/vnode.h> void vref(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION

The primary reference count for an active vnode is incremented. The vnode must already have active references to it, usually acquired prior to the vnode pointer being passed to the code making this call or when vnode pointers are obtained from structures, such as file pointers, which hold an active reference to the vnode. Any attempt to use vref on an inactive vnode will result in a panic. vp The vnode being referenced. Each vnode maintains a Primary and Auxiliary reference count. The pri- mary reference count prevents the vnode from being deactivated while the auxiliary reference count keeps track of auxiliary structures, such as namecache and VM object structures, which are typically kept associated with the vnode for caching purposes even after the vnode has been deacti- vated. A procedure will often acquire its own primary reference to a vnode to prevent the vnode from getting ripped out from under it during an opera- tion due to the destruction of the parent data structure. For example, one thread may be blocked on a vnode operation related to a file descrip- tor that another thread then closes.

SEE ALSO

vdrop(9), vget(9), vhold(9), vnode(9), vn_lock(9), vn_unlock(9), vput(9), vrele(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson. DragonFly 3.5 May 5, 2007 DragonFly 3.5

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