DB_COMMAND(9): update to mention additional macros

Document the existing alias definitions, and augment the example with
one of these. Also, describe the purpose of the newly added _FLAGS
variations of these command definitions.

Make some small style improvements to appease mandoc -Tlint.

Reviewed by:	markj
MFC after:	3 days
Sponsored by:	Juniper Networks, Inc.
Sponsored by:	Klara, Inc.
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35664
This commit is contained in:
Mitchell Horne 2022-07-05 11:55:18 -03:00
parent 258958b3c7
commit b83d53cb68
2 changed files with 54 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -25,22 +25,33 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd August 27, 2008
.Dd June 24, 2022
.Dt DB_COMMAND 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm DB_COMMAND ,
.Nm DB_COMMAND_FLAGS ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_COMMAND ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND
.Nm DB_SHOW_COMMAND_FLAGS ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND ,
.Nm DB_ALIAS ,
.Nm DB_ALIAS_FLAGS ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_ALIAS ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_ALIAS_FLAGS ,
.Nm DB_SHOW_ALL_ALIAS
.Nd Extends the ddb command set
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ddb/ddb.h
.Fo DB_COMMAND
.Fa command_name
.Fa command_function
.Fc
.Fn DB_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function"
.Fn DB_COMMAND_FLAGS "command_name" "command_function" "flags"
.Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function"
.Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND_FLAGS "command_name" "command_function" "flags"
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND "command_name" "command_function"
.Fn DB_ALIAS "alias_name" "command_function"
.Fn DB_ALIAS_FLAGS "alias_name" "command_function" "flags"
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALIAS "alias_name" "command_function"
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALIAS_FLAGS "alias_name" "command_function" "flags"
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_ALIAS "alias_name" "command_function"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn DB_COMMAND
@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ The
.Fn DB_SHOW_COMMAND
and
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND
are roughly equivalent to
macros are roughly equivalent to
.Fn DB_COMMAND
but in these cases,
.Fa command_name
@ -66,6 +77,25 @@ command and
.Sy show all
command, respectively.
.Pp
The
.Fn DB_ALIAS ,
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALIAS ,
and
.Fn DB_SHOW_ALL_ALIAS
macros register the exsting
.Fa command_function
under the alternative command name
.Fa alias_name .
.Pp
The _FLAGS variants of these commands allow the programmer to specify a value
for the
.Fa flag
field of the command structure.
The possible flag values are defined alongside
.Ft struct db_command
in
.In ddb/ddb.h .
.Pp
The general command syntax:
.Cm command Ns Op Li \&/ Ns Ar modifier
.Ar address Ns Op , Ns Ar count ,
@ -87,7 +117,7 @@ For example, the
.Sy examine
command will display words in decimal form if it is passed the modifier "d".
.El
.Sh EXAMPLE
.Sh EXAMPLES
In your module, the command is declared as:
.Bd -literal
DB_COMMAND(mycmd, my_cmd_func)
@ -97,11 +127,18 @@ DB_COMMAND(mycmd, my_cmd_func)
}
.Ed
.Pp
An alias for this command is declared as:
.Bd -literal
DB_ALIAS(mycmd2, my_cmd_func);
.Ed
.Pp
Then, when in ddb:
.Bd -literal
.Bf Sy
db> mycmd 0x1000
Calling my command with address 0x1000
db> mycmd2 0x2500
Calling my command with address 0x2500
db>
.Ef
.Ed

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@ -965,8 +965,15 @@ MLINKS+=crypto_session.9 crypto_auth_hash.9 \
crypto_session.9 crypto_get_params.9 \
crypto_session.9 crypto_newsession.9 \
crypto_session.9 crypto_freesession.9
MLINKS+=DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_COMMAND.9
MLINKS+=DB_COMMAND.9 DB_ALIAS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_ALIAS_FLAGS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_COMMAND_FLAGS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_ALIAS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_ALIAS_FLAGS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_ALL_ALIAS.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_ALL_COMMAND.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_COMMAND.9 \
DB_COMMAND.9 DB_SHOW_COMMAND_FLAGS.9
MLINKS+=DECLARE_MODULE.9 DECLARE_MODULE_TIED.9
MLINKS+=dev_clone.9 drain_dev_clone_events.9
MLINKS+=dev_refthread.9 devvn_refthread.9 \