Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <rmind%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > Replace few USER_TO_UAREA/UAREA_TO_USER uses, reduce sys/user.h
> > inclusions.
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I do find the
> 
> ...
>
> USER_TO_UAREA/UAREA_TO_USER abstractions much more informative, especially
> at a first glance. Would it be possible to keep them?

These macros are going to be removed, as discussed on tech-kern.  Basically,
uvm_lwp_getuarea() and lwp_getpcb() replace them, as these routines abstract
lwp_t::l_addr (which now should be renamed to l_pcb).  Apart from these and
MD code, l_addr/l_pcb should not be directly accessed elsewhere.

-- 
Mindaugas