81 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
81 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: getiobuf.9,v 1.2 2006/01/17 00:02:19 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c)2006 YAMAMOTO Takashi,
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Dd January 17, 2006
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.Dt GETIOBUF 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getiobuf ,
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.Nm getiobuf_nowait ,
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.Nm putiobuf
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.Nd I/O descriptor allocation interface
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/buf.h
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.Ft struct buf *
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.Fn getiobuf "void"
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.Ft struct buf *
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.Fn getiobuf_nowait "void"
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.Ft void
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.Fn putiobuf "struct buf *bp"
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bl -tag -width compact
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.Fn getiobuf
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allocates a
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.Em buf
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structure.
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Note that this buffer doesn't belong to buffer cache.
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To free it,
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.Fn putiobuf
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should be used.
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.Fn brelse
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should not be used on it.
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.Pp
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.Fn getiobuf_nowait
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is the same as
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.Fn getiobuf ,
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except that
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.Fn getiobuf_nowait
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never sleeps.
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.Pp
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.Fn putiobuf
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frees
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.Fa bp ,
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which should be a buffer allocated with either of
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.Fn getiobuf
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or
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.Fn getiobuf_nowait .
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.El
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr buffercache 9 ,
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.Xr intro 9
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