VRELE(9) OpenBSD Kernel Manual VRELE(9)NAMEvrele - decrement the use count for a vnode
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
int
vrele(struct vnode *vp);
DESCRIPTION
Decrement the v_usecount field of the vnode specified by vp.
Any code in the system which uses a vnode should call vrele() when it is
finished with the vnode. If the v_usecount field of the vnode reaches
zero, the vnode will be placed on the free list.
RETURN VALUESvrele() returns 0 if it can guarantee that it did not sleep.
SEE ALSOvget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9)AUTHORS
This man page was originally written by Doug Rabson for FreeBSD.
OpenBSD 4.9 October 28, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9