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29.Dd October 13, 2014
30.Dt VOP_OLD_LOOKUP 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm VOP_OLD_LOOKUP
34.Nd lookup a component of a pathname
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/vnode.h
38.In sys/namei.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn VOP_OLD_LOOKUP "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode **vpp" "struct componentname *cnp"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This entry point looks up a single pathname component in a given directory.
43.Pp
44Its arguments are:
45.Bl -tag -width vpp
46.It Fa dvp
47the locked vnode of the directory to search
48.It Fa vpp
49the address of a variable where the resulting locked vnode should be stored
50.It Fa cnp
51the pathname component to be searched for
52.El
53.Pp
54.Fa Cnp
55is a pointer to a componentname structure defined as follows:
56.Bd -literal
57struct componentname {
58	/*
59	 * Arguments to lookup.
60	 */
61	u_long	cn_nameiop;	/* namei operation */
62	u_long	cn_flags;	/* flags to namei */
63	struct	thread *cn_td;	/* process requesting lookup */
64	struct	ucred *cn_cred;	/* credentials */
65	/*
66	 * Shared between lookup and commit routines.
67	 */
68	char	*cn_nameptr;	/* pointer to looked up name */
69	long	cn_namelen;	/* length of looked up component */
70	long	cn_consume;	/* chars to consume in lookup() */
71	int	cn_timeout;	/* if CNP_CACHETIMEOUT is set, in ticks */
72	struct vnode *cn_notvp;	/* used by NFS to check for collision */
73};
74.Ed
75.Pp
76Convert a component of a pathname into a pointer to a locked vnode.
77This is a very central and rather complicated routine.
78If the file system is not maintained in a strict tree hierarchy,
79this can result in a deadlock situation.
80.Pp
81The
82.Fa cnp->cn_nameiop
83argument is
84.Dv NAMEI_LOOKUP ,
85.Dv NAMEI_CREATE ,
86.Dv NAMEI_RENAME ,
87or
88.Dv NAMEI_DELETE
89depending on the intended use of the object.
90When
91.Dv NAMEI_CREATE ,
92.Dv NAMEI_RENAME ,
93or
94.Dv NAMEI_DELETE
95is specified, information usable in
96creating, renaming, or deleting a directory entry may be calculated.
97.Pp
98Overall outline of VOP_LOOKUP:
99.Bd -ragged -offset indent
100Check accessibility of directory.
101Look for name in cache, if found, then return name.
102Search for name in directory, goto to found or notfound as appropriate.
103.Ed
104.Pp
105notfound:
106.Bd -ragged -offset indent
107If creating or renaming and at end of pathname,
108return
109.Er EJUSTRETURN ,
110leaving info on available slots else return
111.Er ENOENT .
112.Ed
113.Pp
114found:
115.Bd -ragged -offset indent
116If at end of path and deleting, return information to allow delete.
117If at end of path and renaming, lock target
118inode and return info to allow rename.
119If not at end, add name to cache; if at end and neither creating
120nor deleting, add name to cache.
121.Ed
122.Sh LOCKS
123The directory,
124.Fa dvp
125should be locked on entry.
126If an error (note: the return value
127.Er EJUSTRETURN
128is not considered an error)
129is detected, it will be returned locked.
130Otherwise, it will be unlocked unless
131.Dv CNP_LOCKPARENT
132is specified in
133.Fa cnp->cn_flags .
134If an entry is found in the directory, it will be returned locked.
135.Sh RETURN VALUES
136Zero is returned with
137.Fa *vpp
138set to the locked vnode of the file if the component is found.
139If the component being searched for is ".", then the vnode just has
140an extra reference added to it with
141.Xr vref 9 .
142The caller must take care to release the locks appropriately in this
143case.
144.Pp
145If the component is not found and the operation is
146.Dv NAMEI_CREATE
147or
148.Dv NAMEI_RENAME
149the special return value
150.Er EJUSTRETURN
151is returned.
152Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
153.Sh ERRORS
154.Bl -tag -width Er
155.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
156The vnode
157.Fa dvp
158does not represent a directory.
159.It Bq Er ENOENT
160The component
161.Fa dvp
162was not found in this directory.
163.It Bq Er EACCES
164access for the specified operation is denied.
165.It Bq Er EJUSTRETURN
166a
167.Dv NAMEI_CREATE
168or
169.Dv NAMEI_RENAME
170operation would be successful
171.El
172.Sh SEE ALSO
173.Xr vnode 9 ,
174.Xr VOP_ACCESS 9 ,
175.Xr VOP_OLD_CREATE 9 ,
176.Xr VOP_OLD_MKDIR 9 ,
177.Xr VOP_OLD_MKNOD 9 ,
178.Xr VOP_OLD_RENAME 9 ,
179.Xr VOP_OLD_SYMLINK 9
180.Sh HISTORY
181The function
182.Nm
183appeared in
184.Bx 4.3 .
185.Sh AUTHORS
186This man page was written by
187.An Doug Rabson ,
188with some text from comments in
189.Pa sys/vfs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c .
190