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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:28:54 -0700
From:      Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r286974 - head/share/man/man9
Message-ID:  <55D654A6.4060300@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150820222618.GY2072@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <201508202214.t7KMEhm5071766@repo.freebsd.org> <20150820222618.GY2072@kib.kiev.ua>

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On 8/20/15 3:26 PM, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:14:43PM +0000, Bryan Drewery wrote:
>> Author: bdrewery
>> Date: Thu Aug 20 22:14:43 2015
>> New Revision: 286974
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286974
>>
>> Log:
>>   Remove reference to non-existent kern_openat(9).
> The man page does not exist, but the function is there.  It is the right
> kernel-mode entrance for the high-level open machinery.  As such, it is
> useful reference for a set of functions which needs to be aware of the
> open event.
> 

I agree. However, I don't think this is the right place for it though as
this is typically a man page list. I also think it is similar to
commenting obvious code. The manual page already mentions the open(2)
hook. Finding that code is obviously in sys_open, which chains down into
kern_openat.

-- 
Regards,
Bryan Drewery



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