Add a "CACHING" section regarding the internal caching of kernel variables

and the ability to clear that cache.
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John Baldwin 2008-08-21 19:22:13 +00:00
parent 0e5f2a7748
commit cd11f01e4a

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@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ If
is not active, then
.Dv NULL
is returned instead.
.Sh CACHING
These functions cache the nlist values for various kernel variables which are
reused in successive calls.
You may call either function with
.Fa kd
set to
.Dv NULL
to clear this cache.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
On success, the
.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu