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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:03:04 UTC
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