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29.Dd December 2, 2009
30.Dt VOP_OPEN 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm VOP_OPEN ,
34.Nm VOP_CLOSE
35.Nd open or close a file
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/vnode.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn VOP_OPEN "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td" "struct file *fp"
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_CLOSE "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn VOP_OPEN
46entry point is called before a file is accessed by a process and the
47.Fn VOP_CLOSE
48entry point is called after a file is finished with by the process.
49.Pp
50The arguments are:
51.Bl -tag -width mode
52.It Fa vp
53The vnode of the file.
54.It Fa mode
55The access mode required by the calling process.
56.It Fa cred
57The caller's credentials.
58.It Fa td
59The thread which is accessing the file.
60.It Fa fp
61The file being opened.
62.El
63.Pp
64Pointer to the file
65.Fa fp
66is useful for file systems which require such information, e.g.,
67.Xr fdescfs 5 .
68Use
69.Ql NULL
70as
71.Fa fp
72argument to
73.Fn VOP_OPEN
74for in-kernel opens.
75.Pp
76The access mode is a set of flags, including
77.Dv FREAD ,
78.Dv FWRITE ,
79.Dv O_NONBLOCK ,
80.Dv O_APPEND .
81.Sh LOCKS
82.Fn VOP_OPEN
83expects
84.Fa vp
85to be locked on entry and will leave it locked on return.
86.Pp
87.Fn VOP_CLOSE
88expects at least a reference to be associated with the vnode and does not
89care whether the vnode is locked or not.
90The lock and reference state is left unchanged on return.
91Note that
92.Fa vn_close
93expects an unlocked, referenced vnode and will dereference the vnode prior
94to returning.
95.Sh RETURN VALUES
96Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr vnode 9 ,
99.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9
100.Sh AUTHORS
101This manual page was written by
102.An Doug Rabson .
103