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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $ .Dt VRECYCLE 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vrecycle .Nd recycle a vnode if its reference count is zero .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/param.h n sys/vnode.h .Ft int .Fo vrecycle .Fa "struct vnode *vp" .Fa "struct proc *p" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn vrecycle function places the vnode .Fa vp on the free list using .Xr vgonel 9 if its .Va v_usecount field is zero. If .Va v_usecount is non-zero, it simply returns. The .Fa p argument specifies the process responsible for the call. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn vrecycle will return 1 if the vnode was placed on the free list. It will return 0 if the reference count was non-zero. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vgonel 9 , .Xr vnode 9 .Sh HISTORY This man page was originally written for .Ox .