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VFS_ROOT

return the root vnode of a file system

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

int
VFS_ROOT(struct mount *mp, int flags, struct vnode **vpp);

Return a locked vnode for the root directory of the file system.

Its arguments are:

mp
The file system.
flags
The lock type. Could be LK_EXCLUSIVE or LK_SHARED. File system is free to ignore the flags argument and instead acquire an exclusive lock.
vpp
Return parameter for the root vnode.

VFS(9), vnode(9)

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.