From b3d7effa6926b0315367b5dacb19f93b1f5ae06d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Baldwin Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] MFC: Add 'CACHING' section to kvm_getpcpu.3. --- lib/libkvm/kvm_getpcpu.3 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_getpcpu.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_getpcpu.3 index 87cd139ca69f..40f16ac7e53c 100644 --- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_getpcpu.3 +++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_getpcpu.3 @@ -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