osf1 man page for brelse

brelse(9r)																brelse(9r)

NAME
       brelse - General: Deallocates a buf structure

SYNOPSIS
       void brelse(
	       register struct buf *bp );

ARGUMENTS
       Specifies  a  pointer to a buf structure.  This structure contains information such as the binary status flags, the major/minor device num-
       bers, and the address of the associated buffer. This buffer is always a special buffer header owned exclusively by the device for  handling
       I/O requests.

DESCRIPTION
       The  brelse routine deallocates a buf structure that was previously allocated by the getnewbuf routine. The buf structure contains informa-
       tion describing an I/O request. Device drivers call the brelse routine after the I/O request has completed to free the memory used  by  the
       buf structure.

RETURN VALUES
       None

SEE ALSO
       Routines: getnewbuf(9r)

       Data Structures: buf(9s)

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