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.Dd January 16, 2004
.Dt G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm g_provider_by_name
.Nd "find GEOM provider with given name"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In geom/geom.h
.Ft "struct g_provider *"
.Fn g_provider_by_name "const char *name"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn g_provider_by_name
function searches for a provider called
.Fa name
and returns the structure
.Vt g_provider
bound to it.
Argument
.Fa name
should be a name, not a full path (i.e.,
.Dq Pa da0 ,
instead of
.Dq Pa /dev/da0 ) .
.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
The topology lock has to be held.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn g_provider_by_name
function
returns a pointer to the provider called
.Fa name
or
.Dv NULL
if there is no such provider.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr geom 4 ,
.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
.Xr g_access 9 ,
.Xr g_attach 9 ,
.Xr g_bio 9 ,
.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
.Xr g_data 9 ,
.Xr g_event 9 ,
.Xr g_geom 9 ,
.Xr g_provider 9 ,
.Xr g_wither_geom 9
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
This manual page was written by
.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org .