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+.Dd September 21, 2005
+.Dt VFS_LOCK_GIANT 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm VFS_LOCK_GIANT ,
+.Nm VFS_UNLOCK_GIANT
+.Nd "Conditionally lock and unlock Giant around entry into VFS"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/vnode.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn VFS_LOCK_GIANT "struct mount *mp"
+.Ft void
+.Fn VFS_UNLOCK_GIANT "int vfslocked"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn VFS_LOCK_GIANT
+will conditionally acquire the
+.Dv Giant
+lock if the file system referenced by
+.Fa mp
+is marked as MPSAFE or not, returning a flag indicating whether Giant was
+set, which may later be passed to
+.Fn VFS_UNLOCK_GIANT .
+The value of
+.Fa mp
+will typically be derived from the mount pointer in a
+.Xr vnode
+on which a VFS operation will be performed.
+.Pp
+.Fn VFS_UNLOCK_GIANT
+conditionally releases the
+.Va Giant
+lock if the passed
+.Fa vfslocked
+argument is non-zero.
+It is expected that the argument will be derived from the return values of
+.Vn VFS_LOCK_GIANT
+or
+.Xr NDHASGIANT 9 .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn VFS_LOCK_GIANT
+returns a boolean indicating whether or not
+.Va Giant
+was acquired.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mutex 9 ,
+.Xr NDHASGIANT 9 ,
+.Xr vnode 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+MPSAFE VFS support for
+.Fx
+was implemented by
+.An Jeff Roberson .
+.Pp
+This manual page was written by
+.An Robert Watson .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Pp
+Non-MPSAFE file systems exist, requiring callers conditional locking and
+unlocking of
+.Va Giant .