Why does BSD Unix kernel functions have uppercase Static qualifiers?

[Bilgehan.Balban@gmail.com]

Hi,

As asked in the title, I see

Static func();

style code both in NetBSD and FreeBSD kernels. How come the static
keyword is uppercase? Is it a macro?

Thanks,
Bahadir

[Keith Thompson]

Re: Why does BSD Unix kernel functions have uppercase Staticqualifier s?

Bilgehan.Balban @gmail.com writes:[color=blue]
> As asked in the title, I see
>
> Static func();
>
> style code both in NetBSD and FreeBSD kernels. How come the static
> keyword is uppercase? Is it a macro?[/color]

It's probably a macro. If you have the kernel sources, you can
probably find the file (presumably a header) where it's defined.

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[tedu]

Re: Why does BSD Unix kernel functions have uppercase Static qualifiers?

Keith Thompson wrote:[color=blue]
> Bilgehan.Balban @gmail.com writes:[color=green]
> > As asked in the title, I see
> >
> > Static func();
> >
> > style code both in NetBSD and FreeBSD kernels. How come the static
> > keyword is uppercase? Is it a macro?[/color]
>
> It's probably a macro. If you have the kernel sources, you can
> probably find the file (presumably a header) where it's defined.
>[/color]

yes, because the kernel debugger is more useful when everything shows
up in the symbol table.