On Mon, 06 Jan 1997 10:10:06 -0800 
 "V. Kanchan" <vkanchan@s3.com> wrote:

 > 2.  Can VOP_LOCK/VOP_UNLOCK be implemented at the vnode level ?

There are two layers to the vnode locking mechanism, as I understand
it... The vnode itself, and the underlying object.  VOP_LOCK/VOP_UNLOCK
operate on the underlying object (e.g. FFS inode).  Look at vfs_subr.c
for places where the vnode itself is locked.

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