NAME
vfs —
kernel interface to file
systems
DESCRIPTION
The virtual file system,
vfs, is the kernel interface to file
systems. The interface specifies the calls for the kernel to access file
systems. It also specifies the core functionality that a file system must
provide to the kernel.
The focus of
vfs activity is the
vnode and
is discussed in
vnode(9). File
system operations such as mounting and syncing are discussed in
vfsops(9).
SEE ALSO
intro(9),
vfsops(9),
vnode(9),
vnodeops(9)