VRELE(9) BSD Kernel Manual VRELE(9)NAME
vrele - decrement the use count for a vnode
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
void
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.
SEE ALSOvget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9)AUTHORS
This man page was originally written by Doug Rabson for FreeBSD.
MirOS BSD #10-current July 24, 1996 1