[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/sys Document transition of EV_SET() from a macro to...

[kamil <kamil%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/fc72d4d57c20
branches:  trunk
changeset: 353986:fc72d4d57c20
user:      kamil <kamil%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed May 31 01:03:01 2017 +0000

description:
Document transition of EV_SET() from a macro to a static inline function

Sponsored by <The NetBSD Foundation>

diffstat:

 lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2 |  10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (29 lines):

diff -r 4457060a8d9d -r fc72d4d57c20 lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2
--- a/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2     Wed May 31 00:45:59 2017 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2     Wed May 31 01:03:01 2017 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: kqueue.2,v 1.40 2017/04/11 17:59:23 abhinav Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: kqueue.2,v 1.41 2017/05/31 01:03:01 kamil Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Jonathan Lemon
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@
 .Fa eventlist .
 .Pp
 .Fn EV_SET
-is a macro which is provided for ease of initializing a
+is a static inline function which is provided for ease of initializing a
 kevent structure.
+Its original form was a preprocessor macro,
+which caused bugs in third party code.
 .Pp
 The
 .Va kevent
@@ -669,3 +671,7 @@
 .Fn kqueue1
 function first appeared in
 .Nx 6.0 .
+.Pp
+.Fn EV_SET
+was converted from a macro to a static inline function in
+.Nx 8.0 .