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* Remove $FreeBSD$: two-line nroff patternWarner Losh2023-08-161-2/+0
| | | | Remove /^\.\\"\n\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/
* Rework and simplify the ksyms(4) implementation.Mark Johnston2017-08-031-29/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Store the symbol table contents in an anonymous swap-backed object. Have mmap(/dev/ksyms) map that object, and stop mapping the symbol table into the calling process in ksyms_open(). Previously we would cache a pointer to the pmap of the opening process, and mmap(/dev/ksyms) would create a mapping using the physical address found by a pmap lookup at the initial mapping address. However, this assumes that the cached pmap is valid, which may not be the case. [1] - Remove the ksyms ioctl interface. It appears to have been added to work around a limitation in libelf that no longer exists; see r321842. Moreover, the interface is difficult to support and isn't present in illumos. Since ksyms was added specifically to support lockstat(1), it is expected that this removal won't have any real impact. - Simplify ksyms_read() to avoid unnecessary copying. - Don't call the device handle destructor if we fail to capture a snapshot of the kernel's symbol table. devfs will do that for us. Reported by: Ilja van Sprundel <ivansprundel@ioactive.com> [1] Reviewed by: kib (previous revision) MFC after: 1 week Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11789 Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=321963
* Fix a bunch of "sentence not on new line" warnings from igor(1).Edward Tomasz Napierala2016-06-081-9/+19
| | | | | | | MFC after: 1 month Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=301589
* use .Mt to mark up email addresses consistently (final part)Baptiste Daroussin2014-06-261-2/+1
| | | | | | | | PR: 191174 Submitted by: Franco Fichtner <franco at lastsummer.de> Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=267938
* multiple: Remove 3rd clause from BSD license where approved by theEitan Adler2014-03-141-5/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | regents and renumber. This patch skips files in contrib/ and crypto/ Acked by: imp Discussed with: emaste Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=263142
* Remove trailing whitespace per mdoc lint warningEitan Adler2012-03-291-19/+19
| | | | | | | | | | Disussed with: gavin No objection from: doc Approved by: joel MFC after: 3 days Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=233648
* Fix a bunch of typos and spelling mistakes.Joel Dahl2010-07-311-1/+1
| | | | Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=210676
* mdoc: consistently spell our email addresses <foo@FreeBSD.org>Ulrich Spörlein2010-05-191-2/+2
| | | | | | | Reviewed by: ru Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=208291
* mdoc: move CAVEATS, BUGS and SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS sections to theUlrich Spörlein2010-05-131-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | bottom of the manpages and order them consistently. GNU groff doesn't care about the ordering, and doesn't even mention CAVEATS and SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS as common sections and where to put them. Found by: mdocml lint run Reviewed by: ru Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=208027
* Add the ksyms(4) pseudo driver. The ksyms driver allows a process toStacey Son2009-05-261-0/+158
get a quick snapshot of the kernel's symbol table including the symbols from any loaded modules (the symbols are all merged into one symbol table). Unlike like other implementations, this ksyms driver maps memory in the process memory space to store the snapshot at the time /dev/ksyms is opened. It also checks to see if the process has already a snapshot open and won't allow it to open /dev/ksyms it again until it closes first. This prevents kernel and process memory from being exhausted. Note that /dev/ksyms is used by the lockstat(1) command. Reviewed by: gallatin kib (freebsd-arch) Approved by: gnn (mentor) Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=192859