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NAME

     g_provider_by_name — find GEOM provider with given name

SYNOPSIS

     #include <geom/geom.h>

     struct g_provider *
     g_provider_by_name(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

     The g_provider_by_name() function searches for a provider called name and returns the structure g_provider
     bound to it.  Argument name should be a name, not a full path (i.e., “da0”, instead of “/dev/da0”).

RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS

     The topology lock has to be held.

RETURN VALUES

     The g_provider_by_name() function returns a pointer to the provider called name or NULL if there is no such
     provider.

SEE ALSO

     geom(4), DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS(9), g_access(9), g_attach(9), g_bio(9), g_consumer(9), g_data(9), g_event(9),
     g_geom(9), g_provider(9), g_wither_geom(9)

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>.