---
name: "vfs_rootmountalloc"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vfs_rootmountalloc"
---

# vfs\_rootmountalloc(9)

allocate a root mount structure

## NAME

**vfs\_rootmountalloc** – allocate a root *mount* structure

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<sys/param.h\>**

**#include \<sys/mount.h\>**

*int*\

**vfs\_rootmountalloc**(*char \*fstypename*, *char \*devname*, *struct mount \*\*mpp*);

## DESCRIPTION

**vfs\_rootmountalloc**() allocates a *mount* structure initialized from the *vfsconf* type that matches *fstypename*.

## RETURN VALUES

If successful, 0 is returned and *mpp* points to the newly allocated *mount* structure. ENODEV is returned if *fstypename* is NULL or invalid.

## SEE ALSO

[vfsconf(9)](/vfsconf/9.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Chad David ⟨davidc@acns.ab.ca⟩.