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VFLUSH(9) BSD Kernel Developer’s Manual VFLUSH(9)

NAME

vflush — flush vnodes for a mount point

SYNOPSIS

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

int

vflush(struct mount *mp, int rootrefs, int flags, struct thread *td);

DESCRIPTION

The vflush() function removes any vnodes in the vnode table that belong to the given mount structure.

Its arguments are:

mp

The mount point whose vnodes should be removed.

rootrefs

The number of references expected on the root vnode. vrele(9) will be invoked on the root vnode rootrefs times.

flags

The flags indicating how vnodes should be handled.

FORCECLOSE

If set, busy vnodes will be forcibly closed.

SKIPSYSTEM

If set, vnodes with the VV_SYSTEM flag set will be skipped.

WRITECLOSE

If set, only regular files currently opened for writing will be removed.

td

The calling thread.

RETURN VALUES

A value of 0 is returned if the flush is successful; otherwise, EBUSY will be returned.

SEE ALSO

vgone(9), vrele(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc [AT] acns.ca>.

BSD November 21, 2001 BSD