vflush (9)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man9/vflush.9freebsd".)

NAME

vflush - flush vnodes for a mount point

SYNOPSIS

In sys/param.h In sys/vnode.h Ft int Fn vflush struct mount *mp int rootrefs int flags struct thread *td

DESCRIPTION

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

Its arguments are:

Fa mp

The mount point whose vnodes should be removed.

Fa rootrefs

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

Fa 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.

Fa td

The calling thread.

RETURN VALUES

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

SEE ALSO

vgone(9), vrele(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .