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+.\" $FreeBSD$
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+.Dd November 21, 2001
+.Dt GETNEWVNODE 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getnewvnode
+.Nd "get a new vnode"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/vnode.h
+.In sys/mount.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn getnewvnode "enum vtagtype tag" "struct mount *mp" "vop_t **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
+are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa vops"
+.It Fa tag
+The filesystem type.
+.It Fa mp
+The mount point to add the new vnode to.
+.It Fa vops
+The vnode operations to assign to the new vnode.
+.It Fa vpp
+Points to the new vnode upon successful completion.
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn getnewvnode
+returns 0 on success.
+There are currently no failure conditions - that do not result in a panic.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .