svn commit: r296933 - in head: share/man/man9 sys/sys

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at FreeBSD.org
Wed Mar 16 20:32:42 UTC 2016


On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:37:52AM +0000, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
H> Author: hselasky
H> Date: Wed Mar 16 08:37:52 2016
H> New Revision: 296933
H> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/296933
H> 
H> Log:
H>   Improve the implementation and documentation of the
H>   SYSCTL_COUNTER_U64_ARRAY() macro.
H>   
H>   - Add proper asserts to the SYSCTL_COUNTER_U64_ARRAY() macro that checks
H>     the size of the first element of the array.
H>   - Add an example to the counter(9) manual page how to use the
H>     SYSCTL_COUNTER_U64_ARRAY() macro.
H>   - Add some missing symbolic links for counter(9) while at it.

...

H> +.Sh EXAMPLES
H> +The following example creates a static counter array exported to
H> +userspace through a sysctl:
H> +.Bd -literal -offset indent
H> +#define MY_SIZE 8
H> +static counter_u64_t array[MY_SIZE];
H> +SYSCTL_COUNTER_U64_ARRAY(_debug, OID_AUTO, counter_array, CTLFLAG_RW,
H> +    &array[0], MY_SIZE, "Test counter array");

I always wondered what is stylistically better: array or &array[0]? I
usually prefer the former.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.


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