namei(9) on FreeBSD
The text 062aa284cb6c, as FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE shipped it.
convert pathname to a pointer to a locked vnode