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108 lines
4.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd December 13, 1995
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.Dt INTRO 9
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.Os FreeBSD 2.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm intro
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.Nd "introduction to system kernel interfaces"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This section contains information about the interfaces and
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subroutines in the kernel.
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.Sh PROTOTYPES ANSI-C AND ALL THAT
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Yes please.
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.Pp
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We would like all code to be fully prototyped.
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.Pp
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If your code compiles cleanly with
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.Nm cc
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.Ar -Wall
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we would feel happy about it.
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It is important to understand that this isn't a question of just shutting up
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.Nm cc ,
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it is a question about avoiding the things it complains about.
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To put it bluntly, don't hide the problem by casting and other
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obfuscating practices, solve the problem.
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.Sh INDENTATION AND STYLE
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Believe it or not, there actually exists a guide for indentation and style.
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It isn't generally applied though.
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.Pp
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We would appreciate if people would pay attention to it, and at least not
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violate it blatantly.
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.Pp
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We don't mind it too badly if you have your own style, but please make
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sure we can read it too.
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.Pp
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Please take time to read
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.Xr style 9
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for more information.
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.Sh NAMING THINGS
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Some general rules exist:
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.Bl -enum
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.It
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If a function is meant as a debugging aid in DDB, it should be enclosed
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in
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#ifdef DDB
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#endif /* DDB */
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.Ed
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And the name of the procedure should start with the prefix
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.Li DDB_
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to clearly identify the procedure as a debugger routine.
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.El
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.Sh SCOPE OF SYMBOLS
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It is important to carefully consider the scope of symbols in the kernel.
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The default is to make everything static, unless some reason requires
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the opposite.
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.Pp
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There are several reasons for this policy,
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the main one is that the kernel is one monolithic name-space,
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and pollution is not a good idea here either.
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.Pp
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For device drivers and other modules that don't add new internal interfaces
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to the kernel, the entire source should be in one file it possible.
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That way all symbols can be made static.
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.Pp
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If for some reason a module is split over multiple source files, then try
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to split the module along some major fault-line and consider using the
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number of global symbols as your guide.
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The fewer the better.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm intro
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section manual page appeared in
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.Fx 2.2 .
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