GETNEWVNODE(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

getnewvnode — get a new vnode

okay bestie, welcome to getnewvnode(9) from the Kernel Developer's Manual, section 9 — and yes, it's literally about getting a shiny new vnode ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

int
getnewvnode(const char *tag, struct mount *mp, struct vop_vector *vops,
    struct vnode **vpp);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so getnewvnode() initializes a new vnode and assigns it the vnode operations you pass in vops. iconic behavior, honestly 🫶

the arguments to getnewvnode() are giving:

• tag — the file system type string. this field should only be referenced for debugging or for userland utilities 👀
• mp — the mount point to add the new vnode to.
• vops — the vnode operations to assign to the new vnode.
• vpp — points to the new vnode upon successful completion 🎀

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

getnewvnode() returns 0 on success. that's it, that's the whole return value, and she ate 💅

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💀 BUGS 💀

it never returns an error, instead either succeeds or blocks indefinitely. not me being dramatic, but that is literally the documented behavior 😭

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🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

this manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>.

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xoxo, Debian bestie 💖 — this page is dated November 1, 2023 🌈