Re: git: 74e4a8d208f0 - main - pmap: add pmap_kextract(9) man page

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:54:32 UTC
On 10/14/23 10:34 AM, Mitchell Horne wrote:
> On 10/14/23 10:28, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 06:27:33PM +0000, Mitchell Horne wrote:
>>> +.Pp
>>> +.Fn vtophys
>>> +is an alias for
>>> +.Fn pmap_kextract
>>> +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
>> and 'associated'?
>>
>> The function returns address of physical memory mapped at the supplied
>> kernel virtual address.
>>
> 
> Sure, this is more accurate.

I suggest tweaking this further just to be very explicit about the type
of address being returned:

The
.Fn pmap_kextract
function returns the physical address of memory mapped at the
kernel virtual address
.Va va .

or some such.

-- 
John Baldwin