Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:39:47 GMT From: Luis López Solé <lluis.lopez.sole@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/172144: psignal(9) manpage is outdated for FreeBSD-9 systems Message-ID: <201209281139.q8SBdldc087430@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201209281140.q8SBeA0t070616@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 172144 >Category: docs >Synopsis: psignal(9) manpage is outdated for FreeBSD-9 systems >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: maintainer-update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 28 11:40:10 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Luis López Solé >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 >Organization: n/a >Environment: FreeBSD workstation 9.1-RC1 FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 #0: Tue Aug 14 04:25:06 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: psignal function has been replaced for kern_psignal function as you can see in http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/base/head/sys/kern/kern_context.c?revision=225617&view=markup Fri Sep 16 13:58:51 2011 UTC (12 months, 1 week ago) by kmacy File MIME type: text/plain File size: 3653 byte(s) In order to maximize the re-usability of kernel code in user space this patch modifies makesyscalls.sh to prefix all of the non-compatibility calls (e.g. not linux_, freebsd32_) with sys_ and updates the kernel entry points and all places in the code that use them. It also fixes an additional name space collision between the kernel function psignal and the libc function of the same name by renaming the kernel psignal kern_psignal(). By introducing this change now we will ease future MFCs that change syscalls. Reviewed by: rwatson Approved by: re (bz) >How-To-Repeat: Type: %man 9 psignal >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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