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diff --git a/share/man/man9/vfs_getnewfsid.9 b/share/man/man9/vfs_getnewfsid.9 index b12e02741af6..f11f4a1754b7 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/vfs_getnewfsid.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/vfs_getnewfsid.9 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vfs_getnewfsid -.Nd "allocate a new fsid" +.Nd "allocate a new filesystem identifier" .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .In sys/mount.h @@ -43,28 +43,32 @@ The function allocates a new filesystem identifier for the mount point given. Filesystems typically call .Fn vfs_getnewfsid -in their mount routine in order to acquire a unique id within the system +in their mount routine in order to acquire a unique ID within the system which can later be used to uniquely identify the filesystem via calls such as -.Fn vfs_getvfs . +.Xr vfs_getvfs 9 . .Pp -The actual fsid is made up of two 32 bit integers, that are stored in the statfs +The actual +.Vt fsid +is made up of two 32 bit integers, that are stored in the +.Vt statfs structure of .Fa mp . -The first integer is unique in the set of mounted filesystems, while the second holds -the filesystem type. +The first integer is unique in the set of mounted filesystems, +while the second holds the filesystem type. .Bd -literal - typedef struct fsid { - int32_t val[2]; - } fsid_t; +typedef struct fsid { + int32_t val[2]; +} fsid_t; .Ed .Sh PSEUDOCODE .Bd -literal - xxx_mount(struct mount *mp, char *path, caddr_t data, struct nameidata *ndp, struct thread *td) - { - ... - vfs_getnewfsid(mp); - ... - } +xxx_mount(struct mount *mp, char *path, caddr_t data, + struct nameidata *ndp, struct thread *td) +{ + ... + vfs_getnewfsid(mp); + ... +} .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vfs_getvfs 9 |