redhat man page for vref

VREF(9) 						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual						   VREF(9)

NAME

     vref -- increment the use count for a vnode

SYNOPSIS

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

     void
     vref(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION

     Increment the v_usecount field of a vnode.

     vp  the vnode to increment

     Each vnode maintains a reference count of how many parts of the system are using the vnode.  This allows the system to detect when a vnode is
     no longer being used and can be safely recycled for a different file.

     Any code in the system which is using a vnode (e.g. during the operation of some algorithm or to store in a data structure) should call
     vref().

SEE ALSO

     vget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vrefcnt(9), vrele(9)

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

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								   July 24, 1996							       BSD