This is the current draft of my filesystem manpages. Some files are

incomplete and some are just placeholders but I wanted to try to get
something at least into 2.2 on the grounds that what I have is a lot
better than nothing.  I also wanted to commit something which documents
the interfaces in 2.2 before I start updating the documentation for 3.0.

This is a definite 2.2 candidate and is also relavent to 2.1 if people
still care about that branch.

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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This program is free software.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $Id$
+.\"
+.Dd July 24, 1996
+.Os
+.Dt VOP_OPEN 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm VOP_OPEN ,
+.Nm VOP_CLOSE
+.Nd open or close a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn VOP_OPEN "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
+.Ft int
+.Fn VOP_CLOSE "struct vnode *vp" "int mode" "struct ucred *cred" "struct proc *p"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Xr VOP_OPEN 9
+entry point is called before a file is accessed by a process and the
+.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9
+entry point is called after a file is finished with by the process.
+.Pp
+The arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width mode
+.It Ar vp
+the vnode of the file
+.It Ar mode
+the access mode required by the calling process
+.It Ar p
+the process which is accessing the file
+.El
+The access mode is a set of flags, including
+.Dv FREAD ,
+.Dv FWRITE ,
+.Dv O_NONBLOCK ,
+.Dv O_APPEND .
+.Sh LOCKS
+The vnode
+.Fa vp
+should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit for
+.Xr VOP_OPEN 9
+and unlocked on entry and exit for
+.Xr VOP_CLOSE 9 .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
+.Sh PSEUDOCODE
+.Bd -literal
+int
+vop_open(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred, struct proc *p)
+{
+    /*
+     * Most filesystems don't do much here.
+     */
+    return 0;
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vnode 9 ,
+.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by Doug Rabson.
+