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29.Dd May 23, 2009
30.Dt VFS_ROOT 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm VFS_ROOT
34.Nd return the root vnode of a file system
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/mount.h
38.In sys/vnode.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn VFS_ROOT "struct mount *mp" "int flags" "struct vnode **vpp"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Return a locked vnode for the root directory of the file system.
43.Pp
44Its arguments are:
45.Bl -tag -width flags
46.It Fa mp
47The file system.
48.It Fa flags
49The lock type.
50Could be
51.Dv LK_EXCLUSIVE
52or
53.Dv LK_SHARED .
54File system is free to ignore the
55.Fa flags
56argument and instead acquire an exclusive lock.
57.It Fa vpp
58Return parameter for the root vnode.
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr VFS 9 ,
62.Xr vnode 9
63.Sh AUTHORS
64This manual page was written by
65.An Doug Rabson .
66