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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:21:20 UTC
The branch main has been updated by mjg:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1692e50f25730bfa0c579396bc2f79973717b30b
commit 1692e50f25730bfa0c579396bc2f79973717b30b
Author: Mateusz Guzik <mjg@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-11-01 08:20:12 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Guzik <mjg@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-11-01 08:21:10 +0000
vfs: bring getnewvnode manpage closer to reality
---
share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9 | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9 b/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
index 9c0219af1bba..89f8bfc0aa6e 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
.\" DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd November 21, 2001
+.Dd November 1, 2023
.Dt GETNEWVNODE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,14 +35,12 @@
.In sys/vnode.h
.In sys/mount.h
.Ft int
-.Fn getnewvnode "const char *tag" "struct mount *mp" "vop_t **vops" "struct vnode **vpp"
+.Fn getnewvnode "const char *tag" "struct mount *mp" "struct vop_vector *vops" "struct vnode **vpp"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn getnewvnode
function initializes a new vnode, assigning it the vnode operations passed in
.Fa vops .
-The vnode is either freshly allocated, or taken from the head of the
-free list depending on the number of vnodes already in the system.
.Pp
The arguments to
.Fn getnewvnode
@@ -61,7 +59,8 @@ Points to the new vnode upon successful completion.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn getnewvnode
returns 0 on success.
-There are currently no failure conditions - that do not result in a panic.
+.Sh BUGS
+It never return an error, instead either succeeds or blocks indefinitely.
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .