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Date:      Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:03:04 GMT
From:      Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: d62e01996e7c - main - pmap_kextract(9): tweaks
Message-ID:  <202310161503.39GF34QM036711@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by mhorne:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d62e01996e7cb54f16272219e6ccd334b4822126

commit d62e01996e7cb54f16272219e6ccd334b4822126
Author:     Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-10-16 14:59:04 +0000
Commit:     Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-10-16 15:02:18 +0000

    pmap_kextract(9): tweaks
    
    Improve the clarity of some descriptions. Fix a long line.
    
    Suggested by:   kib
    Fixes:          74e4a8d208f0 ("pmap: add pmap_kextract(9) man page")
---
 share/man/man9/pmap_kextract.9 | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man9/pmap_kextract.9 b/share/man/man9/pmap_kextract.9
index dd73446648f2..40008a1bc96c 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/pmap_kextract.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/pmap_kextract.9
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .\" This manual page was written by Mina Galić <FreeBSD@igalic.co> under
 .\" sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
 .\"
-.Dd August 24, 2023
+.Dd October 16, 2023
 .Dt PMAP_KEXTRACT 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn pmap_kextract
-function retrieves the underlying physical memory address corresponding to the given kernel virtual address
+function retrieves the underlying physical memory address corresponding to the
+given kernel virtual address
 .Fa va .
 The value of
 .Fa va
-must correlate to an active mapping in the kernel address space.
+must belong to a valid mapping in the kernel address space.
 .Pp
 .Fn vtophys
 is an alias for
@@ -41,9 +42,8 @@ and behaves identically.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn pmap_kextract
-function will return the physical address
-.Pq Vt vm_paddr_t
-associated with the kernel virtual address
+function returns the address of physical memory mapped at the kernel
+virtual address
 .Fa va .
 .Pp
 .Fn pmap_kextract



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