VRELE(9)                     OpenBSD Kernel Manual                    VRELE(9)

NAME
     vrele - decrement the use count for a vnode

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     void
     vrele(struct vnode *vp);

DESCRIPTION
     Decrement the v_usecount field of a vnode.

     vp  the vnode to decrement

     Any code in the system which is using a vnode should call vrele() when it
     is finished with the vnode.  If the v_usecount field of the vnode reaches
     zero, then it will be placed on the free list.

SEE ALSO
     vget(9), vnode(9), vput(9), vref(9)

AUTHORS
     This man page was originally written by Doug Rabson for FreeBSD.

OpenBSD 3.5                      July 24, 1996                               1
