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NAME

     vget — get a vnode from the free list

SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     vget(struct vnode *vp, int lockflag, struct thread *td);

DESCRIPTION

     Get a vnode from the free list and increment its reference count.

     vp        The vnode to remove from the free list.

     lockflag  If non-zero, the vnode will also be locked.

     When not in use, vnodes are kept on a free list.  The vnodes still reference valid files but may be reused
     to refer to a new file at any time.  Often, these vnodes are also held in caches in the system, such as the
     name cache.

     When a vnode which is on the free list is used again, for instance if the vnode was found in the name cache
     as a result of a call to VOP_LOOKUP(9) then the new user must call vget() to increment the reference count
     and remove it from the free list.

SEE ALSO

     vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9), vrele(9)

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.