Why does BSD Unix kernel functions have uppercase Static qualifiers?

[Bilgehan.Balban]

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]

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?

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

 

[tedu]

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

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