NAME

       getnewvnode — get a new vnode

SYNOPSIS

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

       int
       getnewvnode(const char *tag, struct mount *mp, vop_t **vops, struct vnode **vpp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getnewvnode()  function  initializes  a new vnode, assigning it the vnode operations passed in vops.
       The vnode is either freshly allocated, or taken from the head of the free list depending on the number of
       vnodes already in the system.

       The arguments to getnewvnode() are:

       tag   The file system type string.  This field should only be referenced for debugging  or  for  userland
             utilities.

       mp    The mount point to add the new vnode to.

       vops  The vnode operations to assign to the new vnode.

       vpp   Points to the new vnode upon successful completion.

RETURN VALUES

       getnewvnode()  returns 0 on success.  There are currently no failure conditions - that do not result in a
       panic.

AUTHORS

       This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>.

Debian                                          November 21, 2001                                 GETNEWVNODE(9)