VOP_STRATEGY(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual VOP_STRATEGY(9)
NAME
VOP_STRATEGY -- read or write a file system buffer
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
int
VOP_STRATEGY(struct vnode *vp, struct buf *bp);
DESCRIPTION
The arguments are:
vp The vnode that the buffer is for.
bp The buffer to be read or written.
This call either reads or writes data from a file, depending on the value of bp->b_io.bio_cmd.
The call may block.
RETURN VALUES
Always zero. Errors should be signalled by setting BIO_ERROR on b_ioflags field in struct buf, and setting b_error to the appropriate errno
value.
SEE ALSO
vnode(9)
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.
BSD
July 24, 1996 BSD
