G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME(9)NAMEg_provider_by_name — find GEOM provider with given name
SYNOPSIS
#include <geom/geom.h>
struct g_provider *
g_provider_by_name(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The g_provider_by_name() function searches for a provider called name and
returns the structure g_provider bound to it. Argument name should be a
name, not a full path (i.e., “da0”, instead of “/dev/da0”).
RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
The topology lock has to be held.
RETURN VALUES
The g_provider_by_name() function returns a pointer to the provider
called name or NULL if there is no such provider.
SEE ALSOgeom(4), DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS(9), g_access(9), g_attach(9), g_bio(9),
g_consumer(9), g_data(9), g_event(9), g_geom(9), g_provider(9),
g_wither_geom(9)AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Pawel Jakub Dawidek ⟨pjd@FreeBSD.org⟩.
BSD January 16, 2004 BSD