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Date:      Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:34:22 GMT
From:      Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/146047: [kld] [patch] the kldstat(2) manual needs to be more precise about the purpose of kld_file_stat.size
Message-ID:  <201004251934.o3PJYMTg019455@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201004251940.o3PJe2sE064370@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         146047
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [kld] [patch] the kldstat(2) manual needs to be more precise about the purpose of kld_file_stat.size
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 25 19:40:02 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Best
>Release:        9.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r207154M: Sat Apr 24 21:14:37 CEST 2010     root@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL  amd64
>Description:
the kldstat(2) manual states that kld_file_stat.size contains "the size of the file". what kld_file_stat.size actually contains is the amount of memory taken up by the file.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
apply the attached patch.

Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: lib/libc/sys/kldstat.2
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/sys/kldstat.2	(revision 207014)
+++ lib/libc/sys/kldstat.2	(working copy)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 3, 1999
+.Dd April 2, 2010
 .Dt KLDSTAT 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 .It address
 The load address of the kld file.
 .It size
-The size of the file.
+The amount of memory allocated for the file.
 .It pathname
 The full name of the file referred to by
 .Fa fileid ,


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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