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.\" This manual page was written by Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> under
.\" sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
.\"
.Dd August 2, 2023
.Dd January 30, 2024
.Dt INTRO 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
Welcome to the
.Fx
kernel documentation.
Outside of the source code itself, this set of
Outside the source code itself, this set of
.Xr man 1
pages is the primary resource for information on usage of the numerous
programming interfaces available within the kernel.
@ -177,9 +177,10 @@ The kernel interface for file systems is
File system implementations register themselves with
.Xr vfsconf 9 .
.Pp
The abstract and filesystem-independent representation of a file, directory, or
other file-like entity within the kernel is the
.Xr vnode 9 .
The
.Xr vnode 9
is the abstract and filesystem-independent representation of a file,
directory, or other file-like entity within the kernel.
.Pp
The implementation of access control lists for filesystems is described by
.Xr acl 9 .
@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ Signals can be sent to processes or process groups using the functions
described by
.Xr psignal 9 .
.Ss Security
See the generic security overview in
See the overview in
.Xr security 7 .
.Pp
The basic structure for user credentials is
@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ see
.Xr mac 9 .
.Pp
Cryptographic services are provided by the OpenCrypto framework.
This API provides and interface for both consumers and crypto drivers;
This API provides an interface for both consumers and crypto drivers;
see
.Xr crypto 9 .
.Pp
@ -409,9 +410,9 @@ and
The interfaces for declaring loadable kernel modules are described by
.Xr module 9 .
.Ss Interrupts
The machine-independent portion of the interrupt framework supporting the
registration and execution of interrupt handlers is described by
.Xr intr_event 9 .
.Xr intr_event 9
describes the machine-independent portion of the interrupt framework
that supports registration and execution of interrupt handlers.
.Pp
Software interrupts are provided by
.Xr swi 9 .
@ -450,17 +451,16 @@ Kernel sanitizers can perform additional compiler-assisted checks against
memory use/access.
These runtimes are capable of detecting difficult-to-identify classes of bugs,
at the cost of a large overhead.
Supported is the Kernel Address Sanitizer
.Xr KASAN 9 ,
and the Kernel Memory Sanitizer
.Xr KMSAN 9 .
The Kernel Address Sanitizer
.Xr KASAN 9
and Kernel Memory Sanitizer
.Xr KMSAN 9
are supported.
.Pp
The
.Cd LOCK_PROFILING
.Xr LOCK_PROFILING 9
kernel config option enables extra code to assist with profiling and/or
debugging lock performance;
see
.Xr LOCK_PROFILING 9 .
debugging lock performance.
.Ss Driver Tools
Defined functions/APIs for specific types of devices.
.Bl -tag -width "Xr usbdi 9"
@ -514,6 +514,6 @@ The kernel object implementation is described by
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr style 9
.Rs
.%T "The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook"
.%U "https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/arch-handbook/"
.%T The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook
.%U https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/arch-handbook/
.Re