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.Dd January 16, 2004 .Dt G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm g_provider_by_name .Nd "find GEOM provider with given name" .Sh SYNOPSIS n geom/geom.h .Ft "struct g_provider *" .Fn g_provider_by_name "const char *name" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn g_provider_by_name function searches for a provider called .Fa name and returns the structure .Vt g_provider bound to it. Argument .Fa name should be a name, not a full path (i.e., .Dq Pa da0 , instead of .Dq Pa /dev/da0 ) . .Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS The topology lock has to be held. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn g_provider_by_name function returns a pointer to the provider called .Fa name or .Dv NULL if there is no such provider. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr geom 4 , .Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 , .Xr g_access 9 , .Xr g_attach 9 , .Xr g_bio 9 , .Xr g_consumer 9 , .Xr g_data 9 , .Xr g_event 9 , .Xr g_geom 9 , .Xr g_provider 9 , .Xr g_wither_geom 9 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This manual page was written by .An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .