.\" -*- nroff -*- .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson .\" .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This program is free software. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/VOP_OPENCLOSE.9 206622 2010-04-14 19:08:06Z uqs $ .\" .Dd December 2, 2009 .Dt VOP_OPEN 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm VOP_OPEN , .Nm VOP_CLOSE .Nd open or close a file .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .In sys/vnode.h .Ft int .Fn VOP_OPEN "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td" "struct file *fp" .Ft int .Fn VOP_CLOSE "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct thread *td" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn VOP_OPEN entry point is called before a file is accessed by a process and the .Fn VOP_CLOSE entry point is called after a file is finished with by the process. .Pp The arguments are: .Bl -tag -width mode .It Fa vp The vnode of the file. .It Fa mode The access mode required by the calling process. .It Fa cred The caller's credentials. .It Fa td The thread which is accessing the file. .It Fa fp The file being opened. .El .Pp Pointer to the file .Fa fp is useful for file systems which require such information, e.g., .Xr fdescfs 5 . Use .Ql NULL as .Fa fp argument to .Fn VOP_OPEN for in-kernel opens. .Pp The access mode is a set of flags, including .Dv FREAD , .Dv FWRITE , .Dv O_NONBLOCK , .Dv O_APPEND . .Sh LOCKS .Fn VOP_OPEN expects .Fa vp to be locked on entry and will leave it locked on return. .Pp .Fn VOP_CLOSE expects at least a reference to be associated with the vnode and does not care whether the vnode is locked or not. The lock and reference state is left unchanged on return. Note that .Fa vn_close expects an unlocked, referenced vnode and will dereference the vnode prior to returning. .Sh RETURN VALUES Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vnode 9 , .Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Doug Rabson .