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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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Subject: Re: * current of freebsd
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> Alexandru Goia <alexandrugoia9@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > What is the analog of * current from linux, in freebsd ?
> 
> It's called "CURRENT" and is referenced by the version number it will maintain
> when it becomes STABLE - it's currently tagged 12.0-CURRENT, and is available as
> "head" in the source code:
> 
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/

I believe the person is asking more specifically "what is the name
of the kernel variable that points to a the process currently running
"this" system call in the kernel, which I believe to be
curthread->td_proc which is usually refered to via
#define curproc curthread->td_proc

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org