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.so macros
.nf
.LL
Encapsulation of namei parameters
.NP 0
.ta .5i +\w'caddr_t\0\0'u +\w'struct\0\0'u +\w'vnode *nc_prevdir;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct nameidata {
   /* arguments and context: */
	caddr_t	ni_dirp;
	enum	uio_seg ni_seg;
	short	ni_nameiop;
	struct	vnode *ni_cdir;
	struct	vnode *ni_rdir;
	struct	ucred *ni_cred;
.sp .2
   /* shared with lookup and commit: */
	caddr_t	ni_pnbuf;
	char	*ni_ptr;
	int	ni_pathlen;
	short	ni_more;
	short	ni_loopcnt;
.sp .2
   /* results: */
	struct	vnode *ni_vp;
	struct	vnode *ni_dvp;
.sp .2
/* BEGIN UFS SPECIFIC */
	struct diroffcache {
		struct	vnode *nc_prevdir;
		long	nc_id;
		off_t	nc_prevoffset;
	} ni_nc;
/* END UFS SPECIFIC */
};
.bp


.LL
Namei operations and modifiers

.NP 0
.ta \w'#define\0\0'u +\w'WANTPARENT\0\0'u +\w'0x40\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'u
#define	LOOKUP	0	/* name lookup only */
#define	CREATE	1	/* setup for creation */
#define	DELETE	2	/* setup for deletion */
#define	WANTPARENT	0x10	/* return parent vnode also */
#define	NOCACHE	0x20	/* remove name from cache */
#define	FOLLOW	0x40	/* follow symbolic links */
.bp

.LL
Namei operations and modifiers

.NP 0
.ta \w'#define\0\0'u +\w'WANTPARENT\0\0'u +\w'0x40\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'u
#define	LOOKUP	0
#define	CREATE	1
#define	DELETE	2
#define	WANTPARENT	0x10
#define	NOCACHE	0x20
#define	FOLLOW	0x40
.bp


.LL
Credentials

.NP 0
.ta .5i +\w'caddr_t\0\0\0'u +\w'struct\0\0'u +\w'vnode *nc_prevdir;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct ucred {
	u_short	cr_ref;
	uid_t	cr_uid;
	short	cr_ngroups;
	gid_t	cr_groups[NGROUPS];
	/*
	 * The following either should not be here,
	 * or should be treated as opaque.
	 */
	uid_t   cr_ruid;
	gid_t   cr_svgid;
};
.bp
.LL
Scatter-gather I/O
.NP 0
.ta .5i +\w'caddr_t\0\0\0'u +\w'struct\0\0'u +\w'vnode *nc_prevdir;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct uio {
	struct	iovec *uio_iov;
	int	uio_iovcnt;
	off_t	uio_offset;
	int	uio_resid;
	enum	uio_rw uio_rw;
};

enum	uio_rw { UIO_READ, UIO_WRITE };



.ta .5i +\w'caddr_t\0\0\0'u +\w'vnode *nc_prevdir;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct iovec {
	caddr_t	iov_base;
	int	iov_len;
	enum	uio_seg iov_segflg;
	int	(*iov_op)();
};
.bp
.LL
Per-filesystem information
.NP 0
.ta .25i +\w'struct vfsops\0\0\0'u +\w'*vfs_vnodecovered;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct vfs {
	struct vfs	*vfs_next;
\fB+\fP	struct vfs	*vfs_prev;
	struct vfsops	*vfs_op;
	struct vnode	*vfs_vnodecovered;
	int	vfs_flag;
\fB!\fP	int	vfs_fsize;
\fB+\fP	int	vfs_bsize;
\fB!\fP	uid_t	vfs_exroot;
	short	vfs_exflags;
	caddr_t	vfs_data;
};

.NP 0
.ta \w'\fB+\fP 'u +\w'#define\0\0'u +\w'VFS_EXPORTED\0\0'u +\w'0x40\0\0\0\0\0'u
	/* vfs flags: */
	#define	VFS_RDONLY	0x01
\fB+\fP	#define	VFS_NOEXEC	0x02
	#define	VFS_MLOCK	0x04
	#define	VFS_MWAIT	0x08
	#define	VFS_NOSUID	0x10
	#define	VFS_EXPORTED	0x20

	/* exported vfs flags: */
	#define	EX_RDONLY	0x01
.bp


.LL
Operations supported on virtual file system.

.NP 0
.ta .25i +\w'int\0\0'u +\w'*vfs_mountroot();\0'u
struct vfsops {
\fB!\fP	int	(*vfs_mount)(vfs, path, data, len);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vfs_unmount)(vfs, forcibly);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vfs_mountroot)();
	int	(*vfs_root)(vfs, vpp);
	int	(*vfs_statfs)(vfs, sbp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vfs_sync)(vfs, waitfor);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vfs_fhtovp)(vfs, fhp, vpp);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vfs_vptofh)(vp, fhp);
};
.bp


.LL
Dynamic file system information

.NP 0
.ta .5i +\w'struct\0\0\0'u +\w'*vfs_vnodecovered;\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct statfs {
\fB!\fP	short	f_type;
\fB+\fP	short	f_flags;
\fB!\fP	long	f_fsize;
\fB+\fP	long	f_bsize;
	long	f_blocks;
	long	f_bfree;
	long	f_bavail;
	long	f_files;
	long	f_ffree;
	fsid_t	f_fsid;
\fB+\fP	char	*f_mntonname;
\fB+\fP	char	*f_mntfromname;
	long	f_spare[7];
};

typedef long fsid_t[2];
.bp
.LL
Filesystem objects (vnodes)
.NP 0
.ta .25i +\w'struct vnodeops\0\0'u +\w'*v_vfsmountedhere;\0\0\0'u
enum vtype 	{ VNON, VREG, VDIR, VBLK, VCHR, VLNK, VSOCK };

struct vnode {
	u_short	v_flag;
	u_short	v_count;
	u_short	v_shlockc;
	u_short	v_exlockc;
	struct vfs	*v_vfsmountedhere;
	struct vfs	*v_vfsp;
	struct vnodeops	*v_op;
\fB+\fP	struct text	*v_text;
	enum vtype	v_type;
	caddr_t	v_data;
};
.ta \w'#define\0\0'u +\w'NOFOLLOW\0\0'u +\w'0x40\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'u

/* vnode flags */
#define	VROOT	0x01
#define	VTEXT	0x02
#define	VEXLOCK	0x10
#define	VSHLOCK	0x20
#define	VLWAIT	0x40
.bp
.LL
Operations on vnodes

.NP 0
.ta .25i +\w'int\0\0'u  +\w'(*vn_getattr)(\0\0\0\0\0'u
struct vnodeops {
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_lookup)(ndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_create)(ndp, vap, fflags);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_mknod)(ndp, vap, fflags);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_open)(vp, fflags, cred);
	int	(*vn_close)(vp, fflags, cred);
	int	(*vn_access)(vp, fflags, cred);
	int	(*vn_getattr)(vp, vap, cred);
	int	(*vn_setattr)(vp, vap, cred);
.sp .5
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_read)(vp, uiop,
		        offp, ioflag, cred);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_write)(vp, uiop,
		        offp, ioflag, cred);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_ioctl)(vp, com,
		        data, fflag, cred);
	int	(*vn_select)(vp, which, cred);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_mmap)(vp, ..., cred);
	int	(*vn_fsync)(vp, cred);
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_seek)(vp, offp, off,
		        whence);
.bp
.LL
Operations on vnodes (cont)

.NP 0
.ta .25i +\w'int\0\0'u  +\w'(*vn_getattr)(\0\0\0\0\0'u

\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_remove)(ndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_link)(vp, ndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_rename)(sndp, tndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_mkdir)(ndp, vap);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_rmdir)(ndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_symlink)(ndp, vap, nm);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_readdir)(vp, uiop,
		        offp, ioflag, cred);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_readlink)(vp, uiop,
		        offp, ioflag, cred);
.sp .5
\fB+\fP	int	(*vn_abortop)(ndp);
\fB!\fP	int	(*vn_inactive)(vp);
};

.NP 0
.ta \w'#define\0\0'u +\w'NOFOLLOW\0\0'u +\w'0x40\0\0\0\0\0'u
/* flags for ioflag */
#define	IO_UNIT	0x01
#define	IO_APPEND	0x02
#define	IO_SYNC	0x04
.bp

.LL
Vnode attributes

.NP 0
.ta .5i +\w'struct timeval\0\0'u +\w'*v_vfsmountedhere;\0\0\0'u
struct vattr {
	enum vtype	va_type;
	u_short	va_mode;
\fB!\fP	uid_t	va_uid;
\fB!\fP	gid_t	va_gid;
	long	va_fsid;
\fB!\fP	long	va_fileid;
	short	va_nlink;
	u_long	va_size;
\fB+\fP	u_long	va_size1;
	long	va_blocksize;
	struct timeval	va_atime;
	struct timeval	va_mtime;
	struct timeval	va_ctime;
	dev_t	va_rdev;
\fB!\fP	u_long	va_bytes;
\fB+\fP	u_long	va_bytes1;
};