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35 .Nd serialize access to a vnode
39 .Fn vn_lock "struct vnode *vp" "int flags"
41 .Fn vn_unlock "struct vnode *vp"
43 .Fn vn_islocked "struct vnode *vp"
45 These calls are used to serialize access to the filesystem, such as
46 to prevent two writes to the same file from happening at the
52 the vnode being locked or unlocked
54 One of the lock request types:
55 .Bl -column ".Dv LK_FAILRECLAIM" -offset indent
56 .It Dv LK_RETRY Ta "Automatically retry on timeout"
57 .It Dv LK_FAILRECLAIM Ta "Fail if the vnode is being reclaimed"
63 function will require either
69 with the request flags described above in order to specify the type
76 internally to release a previously held lock.
78 Please note all these functions rely on
80 to perform their operations.
84 function returns zero on success and non-zero on failure.
88 function has identical return values as
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