Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:01:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Sevan Janiyan <sevan@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r341440 - head/bin/pkill Message-ID: <201812032001.wB3K1pfH084740@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: sevan (doc committer) Date: Mon Dec 3 20:01:51 2018 New Revision: 341440 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/341440 Log: Clarify that /dev/kmem is not used. Move cross ref to right place while here. Submitted by: kib MFC after: 7 days Modified: head/bin/pkill/pkill.1 Modified: head/bin/pkill/pkill.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/pkill/pkill.1 Mon Dec 3 19:55:55 2018 (r341439) +++ head/bin/pkill/pkill.1 Mon Dec 3 20:01:51 2018 (r341440) @@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ The Sun Solaris implementation utilised procfs to obta This implementation utilises .Xr kvm 3 instead. +On a live system, +.Xr kvm 3 +uses +.Va kern.proc +MIB to obtain the list of processes, kernel memory through +.Pa /dev/kmem +is not accessed. .Sh EXIT STATUS The .Nm pgrep @@ -281,8 +288,8 @@ is deprecated, and its use is discouraged in favor of .Xr ps 1 , .Xr flock 2 , .Xr kill 2 , -.Xr kvm 3, .Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr kvm 3 , .Xr pidfile 3 , .Xr re_format 7 .\" Xr signal 7
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