On 18 Nov 1999 09:47:17 -0800 
 Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> wrote:

 > Is there any reason vnodes are kept on a private free list, rather
 > than being given back to the memory pool like ffsinodes are?

Yes, vnodes are lazily-reclaimed; things still reference them while
they're on the free list, and once they're pulled of to be re-used,
the reclaimation actually happens.

Don't worry; it's all good :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>