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VFS_ROOT(9) Kernel Developer's Manual VFS_ROOT(9)

NAME

VFS_ROOTreturn the root vnode of a file system

SYNOPSIS

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

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

DESCRIPTION

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.

SEE ALSO

VFS(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

May 23, 2009 Debian