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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man9/kern.9')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/kern.9 b/share/man/man9/kern.9 index c1c4faa7171..b12f83435d0 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/kern.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/kern.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: kern.9,v 1.16 2013/06/04 19:27:08 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: kern.9,v 1.17 2013/06/08 19:06:51 sf Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 CubeSoft Communications, Inc. .\" <http://www.csoft.org> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 8 2013 $ .Dt KERN 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ enabled. tests are only included if the kernel has .Dv DEBUG enabled. +.Pp +.nr nS 1 +.Fn CTASSERT "CONDITION" +.nr nS 0 +.Pp +This macro causes a compile time error if the given condition evaluates to +false. +Its main purpose is to verify assertions about type and struct sizes that +would otherwise make the code fail at run time. +.Fn CTASSERT +can be used in global scope or at the start of blocks, where variable +declarations are allowed. .Sh BYTE STRINGS .nr nS 1 .Ft int |