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28.Dd $Mdocdate: August 5 2020 $
29.Dt VRECYCLE 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vrecycle
33.Nd recycle a vnode if its reference count is zero
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/vnode.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo vrecycle
39.Fa "struct vnode *vp"
40.Fa "struct proc *p"
41.Fc
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn vrecycle
45function places the vnode
46.Fa vp
47on the free list using
48.Xr vgonel 9
49if its
50.Va v_usecount
51field is zero.
52If
53.Va v_usecount
54is non-zero, it simply returns.
55The
56.Fa p
57argument specifies the process responsible for the call.
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59.Fn vrecycle
60will return 1 if the vnode was placed on the free list.
61It will return 0 if the reference count was non-zero.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr vgonel 9 ,
64.Xr vnode 9
65.Sh HISTORY
66This man page was originally written for
67.Ox .
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