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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 9, 2001
+.Dt BUF_LOCK 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm BUF_LOCK
+.Nd "locks a buffer"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/systm.h
+.In sys/uio.h
+.In sys/bio.h
+.In sys/buf.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn BUF_LOCK "struct buf *bp" "int locktype"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn BUF_LOCK
+function locks the given buffer.
+If the lock is already held this
+call will block until it can acquire the lock unless
+.Dv LK_NOWAIT
+is set.
+.Pp
+Its arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa locktype"
+.It Fa bp
+The buffer to lock.
+.It Fa locktype
+Flags controlling the type of lock.
+See
+.Xr lockmgr 9
+for details.
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+A value of 0 is returned upon success.
+See
+.Xr lockmgr 9
+for
+information on non-zero return values.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr buf 9 ,
+.Xr BUF_TIMELOCK 9 ,
+.Xr BUF_UNLOCK 9 ,
+.Xr lockmgr 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .