VOP_ADVLOCK

NAME

VOP_ADVLOCK — advisory record locking

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
#include <sys/fcntl.h>
#include <sys/lockf.h> int
VOP_ADVLOCK(struct vnode *vp, caddr_t id, int op, struct flock *fl, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

The arguments are:

vp

The vnode being manipulated.

id

The id token which is changing the lock.

op

The operation to perform (see fcntl(2)).

fl

Description of the lock.

flags

One of more of the following:

This entry point manipulates advisory record locks on the file. Most file systems delegate the work for this call to lf_advlock().

RETURN VALUES

Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error is returned.

SEE ALSO

fcntl(2), flock(2), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.