NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     vrele - decrement the use count for a vnode

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     void
     vrele(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Decrement the v_usecount field of the vnode specified by vp.

     Any  code  in  the  system  which  uses  a vnode should call
vrele() when it is
     finished with the vnode.  If the v_usecount field of the vnode reaches
     zero, the vnode will be placed on the free list.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     vget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9)

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This  man  page  was  originally  written by Doug Rabson for
FreeBSD.

OpenBSD     3.6                           July      24,      1996