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.TH "REGISTER_FILESYSTEM" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
register_filesystem \- register a new filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int register_filesystem  (struct file_system_type * \fIfs\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIfs\fB\fR
the file system structure
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Adds the file system passed to the list of file systems the kernel
is aware of for mount and other syscalls. Returns 0 on success,
or a negative errno code on an error.
.PP
The &struct file_system_type that is passed is linked into the kernel 
structures and must not be freed until the file system has been
unregistered.