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

NAME
     vrele -- Release a previously obtained primary reference for a vnode

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     void
     vrele(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION
     The caller is holding a primary reference to the vnode and wishes to
     release it.

     vp  The vnode being released.

     Any code in the system which obtains a primary reference to a vnode via
     vref(9) typically releases that reference with vrele() when it is fin-
     ished with the vnode.  Upon release of the last primary reference, the
     vnode will be deactivated and either moved to the free list for later re-
     use or marked as being cache.  The vnode can be reactivated at any time
     prior to the system reusing it.

SEE ALSO
     vdrop(9), vget(9), vhold(9), vnode(9), vn_lock(9), vn_unlock(9), vput(9),
     vref(9)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

DragonFly 3.5                     May 5, 2007                    DragonFly 3.5