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VFLUSH(9)             DragonFly Kernel Developer's Manual            VFLUSH(9)

NAME
     vflush -- flush vnodes for a mount point

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

     int
     vflush(struct mount *mp, int rootrefs, int flags);

DESCRIPTION
     The vflush() function removes any vnodes in the vnode table that belong
     to the given mount structure.

     Its arguments are:

     mp        The mount point whose vnodes should be removed.

     rootrefs  The number of references expected on the root vnode.  vrele(9)
               will be invoked on the root vnode rootrefs times.

     flags     The flags indicating how vnodes should be handled.

               FORCECLOSE  If set, busy vnodes will be forcibly closed.

               SKIPSYSTEM  If set, vnodes with the VSYSTEM flag set will be
                           skipped.

               WRITECLOSE  If set, only regular files currently opened for
                           writing will be removed.

RETURN VALUES
     A value of 0 is returned if the flush is successful; otherwise, EBUSY
     will be returned.

SEE ALSO
     vrele(9)

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

DragonFly 3.5                  November 21, 2001                 DragonFly 3.5