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35 .Nd "Decrement the primary reference count for a vnode and unlock it"
40 .Fn vput "struct vnode *vp"
42 Decrement the vnode's primary reference count (via the
44 field) and unlock the vnode.
45 .Bl -tag -width ".Fa vp"
47 The vnode in question.
50 This operation is functionally equivalent to calling
54 Releasing the last primary reference on a vnode will cause it to be
55 deactivated and either moved to the free list or cached.
56 Vnodes with namecache and/or VM objects are typically marked as being cached
57 unless the system needs the memory for other purposes.
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