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.Dd November 21, 2001 .Dt VFLUSH 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vflush .Nd "flush vnodes for a mount point" .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/param.h n sys/vnode.h .Ft int .Fn vflush "struct mount *mp" "int rootrefs" "int flags" "struct thread *td" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn vflush function removes any vnodes in the vnode table that belong to the given .Vt mount structure.

p Its arguments are: l -tag -width ".Fa rootrefs" t Fa mp The mount point whose vnodes should be removed. t Fa rootrefs The number of references expected on the root vnode. .Xr vrele 9 will be invoked on the root vnode .Fa rootrefs times. t Fa flags The flags indicating how vnodes should be handled. l -tag -width ".Dv WRITECLOSE" t Dv FORCECLOSE If set, busy vnodes will be forcibly closed. t Dv SKIPSYSTEM If set, vnodes with the .Dv VV_SYSTEM flag set will be skipped. t Dv WRITECLOSE If set, only regular files currently opened for writing will be removed. .El t Fa td The calling thread. .El .Sh RETURN VALUES A value of 0 is returned if the flush is successful; otherwise, .Er EBUSY will be returned. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vgone 9 , .Xr vrele 9 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .