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A number represents a single reference to a topic.

A number with a "+" sign represents a longer discussion of a topic.

Symbols Numerals A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

Symbols
`_FREE` function 1
`_FREE` function 1
`_MALLOC` function 1
`_MALLOC` function 1

Numerals
3DES cipher (triple-DES) 1 2

A
`AbsoluteTime` data type 1 2
`absolutetime_to_nanoseconds` function 1
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 1
address space
	as Mach kernel abstraction 1
	and virtual memory 1
	kernel space versus user space 1
AES cipher 1
AFS (Andrew FIle System) 1
Andrew file system 1
anonymous memory 1
Apple publications 1
Apple websites 1
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) 1
`assert_wait` function 1
atomic operations 1

B
bandwidth 1 2
binary semaphores 1
blocking 1
blowfish cipher 1 2
boot option handling 1
bootstrap context
	developer impact of 1
	user impact of 1
bootstrap contexts 1+
bootstrap port 1
bootstrap task 1 2
`bootstrap_cmds` package 1
boundary crossing 1+
	choosing a method 1
	security considerations of 1
BSD
	overview of 1+
buffer cache 1
buffer overflows 1
`BufferMemoryDescriptor` data type 1
bundles 1

C
C++ 1 2
call-by-value 1
call-by-value-return 1
`cctools` package 1
central authority model 1
CFM (Code Fragment Manager) 1
challenge-response. See one-time pad
checksums 1
ciphers
	3DES (triple-DES) 1 2
	AES 1
	blowfish 1 2
	DES 1
	DSA 1
	IDEA 1
	RSA 1 2
	twofish 1
circular waits. See deadlock
cleartext 1
clocks 1 2
`clock_absolutetime_interval_to_deadline` function 1
`clock_delay_for_interval` function 1
`clock_delay_until` function 1
`clock_get_calendar_offset` function 1
`clock_get_calendar_value` function 1
`clock_get_system_value` function 1
`clock_get_uptime` function 1 2
coarse-grained locking 1
code profiling 1
collision, namespace 1
commands
	`gdb` 1
	`kextload` 1 2
	`kextstat` 1 2
	`kmodstat` 1 2 3
	`kmodsyms` 1
	`nice` 1
	`nvram` 1
	`renice` 1
	`su` 1
	`sudo` 1
	`sysctl` 1
	`uname` 1
Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) 1
condition variables 1
configurations, kernel 1
console 1
console user 1 2
`console_user` variable 1
constants
	`CTLFLAG_ANYBODY` 1
	`CTLFLAG_RD` 1
	`CTLFLAG_RW` 1
	`CTLFLAG_SECURE` 1
	`CTLFLAG_WR` 1
	`CTLTYPE_INT` 1
	`CTLTYPE_NODE` 1
	`CTLTYPE_OPAQUE` 1
	`CTLTYPE_QUAD` 1
	`CTLTYPE_STRING` 1
	`CTLTYPE_STRUCT` 1
	`ETAP_NO_TRACE` 1
	`mutex_t` 1
	`OID_AUTO` 1
	`PCATCH` 1
	`QUERY_OBJECT_TYPE` 1
	`RETURN_ONLY_ABSENT` 1
	`RETURN_ONLY_DIRTY` 1
	`SCHED_FIFO` 1
	`SCHED_OTHER` 1
	`SCHED_RR` 1
	`SET_INTERNAL` 1
	`SYNC_POLICY_FIFO` 1 2
	`SYNC_POLICY_FIXED_PRIORITY` 1 2
	`SYNC_POLICY_PREPOST` 1 2
	`TASK_BACKGROUND_APPLICATION` 1
	`TASK_CONTROL_APPLICATION` 1
	`TASK_FOREGROUND_APPLICATION` 1
	`TASK_GRAPHICS_SERVER` 1
	`TASK_RENICED` 1
	`TASK_UNSPECIFIED` 1
	`THREAD_PRECEDENCE_POLICY` 1 2
	`THREAD_STANDARD_POLICY` 1
	`THREAD_TIME_CONSTRAINT_POLICY` 1
	`UPL_CLEAN_IN_PLACE` 1
	`UPL_PRECIOUS` 1
	`VM_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT` 1
	`VM_BEHAVIOR_RANDOM` 1
	`VM_BEHAVIOR_RSEQNTL` 1
	`VM_BEHAVIOR_SEQUENTIAL` 1
contention, lock 1
context switch
	See also boundary crossing
context switching 1
context, login 1
context, startup 1
contexts, bootstrap. See bootstrap contexts
control ports 1
copy-on-write 1 2
`copyin` function 1
`copyout` function 1
Core Graphics 1
counting semaphores 1
`CountInOut` parameter type 1
credentials
`CTLFLAG_ANYBODY` constant 1
`CTLFLAG_RD` constant 1
`CTLFLAG_RW` constant 1
`CTLFLAG_SECURE` constant 1
`CTLFLAG_WR` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_INT` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_NODE` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_OPAQUE` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_QUAD` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_STRING` constant 1
`CTLTYPE_STRUCT` constant 1
`current_task` function 1
`current_thread` function 1

D
Darwin 1
data types
	`AbsoluteTime` 1
	`BufferMemoryDescriptor` 1
	`etap_event_t` 1
	`hw_lock_t` 1
	`inout` 1 2
	`IOMemoryDescriptor` 1 2
	`LIST` 1
	`mach_timespec_t` 1
	`simple_lock_t` 1
	`SLIST` 1
	`STAILQ` 1
	`struct thread_shuttle` 1
	`struct timespec` 1
	`SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS` 1
	`sysctl_oid_list` 1
	`TAILQ` 1
	`thread_act_t` 1
	`thread_t` 1
	`timeval` 1
	`usimple_lock_t` 1
	`vm_map_entry` 1
`ddb` debugger 1+
	setting debug flags 1
	adding kernel support for 1
	choosing over `gdb` 1
	commands and syntax of 1+
deadlock 1 2
debugging 1+
	choosing a debugger 1
	serial port settings for 1
	using `ddb` debugger
	using the `ddb` debugger 1
	using the `gdb` debugger 1+
	kernel extensions 1
	using the `gdb` debugger 1
debugging flags, kernel 1
default pager 1 2
`delay` function 1
DES ciper 1
descriptors 1
`/dev/kmem device file` 1 2
`/dev/mem` device file 1
`/dev/mem` device file 1
device drivers 1
device pager 1
devices, memory mapped 1
DMA 1
downgrading locks 1
drivers 1
DSA cipher 1
`dyld` (dynamic link editor) 1 2
dynamic pager 1

E
EMMI 1 2
encryption schemes. See ciphers
enum, legal values of 1
`etap_event_t` data type 1
`ETAP_NO_TRACE` constant 1
`exec` function 1
External Memory Management Interface 1 2
external pagers 1

F
file systems 1+
	and Carbon 1
	and vnode 1
	and VOP 1
	Andrew (AFS) 1
fine-grained locking 1
fixed-priority policy 1
`fork` function 1
FreeBSD
	differences from Darwin 1
	kernel technology from 1
functions
	`copyout` 1
	`wait_queue_lock` 1
	`absolutetime_to_nanoseconds` 1
	`assert_wait` 1
	`clock_absolutetime_interval_to_deadline` 1
	`clock_delay_for_interval` 1
	`clock_delay_until` 1
	`clock_get_calendar_offset` 1
	`clock_get_calendar_value` 1
	`clock_get_system_value` 1
	`clock_get_uptime` 1 2
	`copyin` 1
	`current_task` 1
	`current_thread` 1
	`delay` 1
	`exec` 1
	`fork` 1
	`getact_thread` 1
	`getpriority` 1
	`IOCreateThread` 1
	`IODelay` 1 2
	`IOExitThread` 1
	`IOFree` 1
	`IOFreeAligned` 1
	`IOFreeContiguous` 1
	`IOFreePageable` 1
	`IOMalloc` 1
	`IOMallocAligned` 1 2
	`IOMallocContiguous` 1 2
	`IOMallocPageable` 1
	`IOSleep` 1 2
	`IOThreadSelf` 1
	`kernel_thread` 1
	`kmem_alloc` 1 2
	`kmem_alloc_aligned` 1 2
	`kmem_alloc_contig` 1 2
	`kmem_alloc_pageable` 1
	`kmem_alloc_wired` 1 2
	`kmem_free` 1 2
	`load_shared_file` 1
	`lock_alloc` 1
	`lock_done` 1
	`lock_init` 1
	`lock_read` 1
	`lock_read_done` 1
	`lock_read_to_write` 1
	`lock_write` 1
	`lock_write_done` 1
	`lock_write_to_read` 1
	`mach_make_memory_entry_64` 1 2 3
	`msleep` 1
	`mutex_alloc` 1
	`mutex_free` 1
	`mutex_lock` 1
	`mutex_pause` 1
	`mutex_try` 1
	`mutex_unlock` 1
	`nanoseconds_to_absolutetime` 1
	`new_system_shared_regions` 1
	`PE_enter_debugger` 1 2 3
	`PE_parse_boot_arg` 1 2
	`pthread_attr_getschedparam` 1
	`pthread_setschedparam` 1 2
	`registerPrioritySleepWakeInterest` 1
	`reset_shared_file` 1
	`semaphore_create` 1 2
	`semaphore_destroy` 1 2
	`semaphore_signal` 1 2
	`semaphore_signal_all` 1
	`semaphore_signal_thread` 1 2
	`semaphore_wait` 1
	`setpriority` 1
	`simple_lock` 1
	`simple_lock_init` 1
	`simple_lock_try` 1
	`simple_unlock` 1
	`sleep` 1 2
	`spl` 1
	`splbio` 1
	`splhigh` 1
	`splx` 1
	`sysctlbyname` 1
	`SYSCTL_DECL` 1
	`sysctl_handle_int` 1
	`SYSCTL_IN` 1 2
	`SYSCTL_INT` 1 2
	`SYSCTL_LONG` 1
	`SYSCTL_NODE` 1 2
	`SYSCTL_OPAQUE` 1
	`SYSCTL_OUT` 1 2
	`SYSCTL_PROC` 1 2
	`sysctl_register_oid` 1 2
	`SYSCTL_STRING` 1
	`SYSCTL_STRUCT` 1
	`sysctl_unregister_oid` 1 2
	`task_policy_get` 1
	`task_policy_set` 1 2
	`thread_policy_get` 1 2
	`thread_policy_set` 1 2 3 4
	`thread_terminate` 1
	`thread_wakeup` 1
	`tsleep` 1 2
	`tsleep0` 1 2
	`ubc_upl_abort` 1
	`ubc_upl_commit` 1
	`upl_abort_range` 1
	`upl_commit_range` 1
	`usimple_lock` 1
	`usimple_lock_held` 1
	`usimple_lock_init` 1
	`usimple_lock_none_held` 1
	`usimple_lock_try` 1
	`usimple_unlock` 1
	`valloc` 1
	`vm_allocate` 1 2 3
	`vm_map` 1 2
	`vm_map_copyin` 1 2
	`vm_map_copyout` 1 2 3
	`vm_map_copy_discard` 1
	`vm_map_copy_overwrite` 1 2
	`vm_map_get_upl` 1
	`vm_map_unwire` 1 2
	`vm_map_wire` 1 2
	`vm_object_upl_request` 1
	`vm_region_object_create` 1
	`vm_wire` 1 2
	`wait_queue` 1
	`wait_queue_alloc` 1 2
	`wait_queue_assert_wait` 1 2
	`wait_queue_assert_wait_locked` 1
	`wait_queue_free` 1 2
	`wait_queue_init` 1 2
	`wait_queue_link` 1 2 3
	`wait_queue_lock_try` 1
	`wait_queue_member` 1 2
	`wait_queue_member_locked` 1 2
	`wait_queue_peek_locked` 1 2
	`wait_queue_pull_thread_locked` 1 2
	`wait_queue_remove` 1 2
	`wait_queue_unlink` 1 2 3
	`wait_queue_unlink_one` 1 2 3
	`wait_queue_unlock` 1
	`wait_queue_wakeup_all` 1 2
	`wait_queue_wakeup_all_locked` 1
	`wait_queue_wakeup_identity_locked` 1 2
	`wait_queue_wakeup_one` 1 2
	`wait_queue_wakeup_one_locked` 1
	`wait_queue_wakeup_thread` 1 2
	`wait_queue_wakeup_thread_locked` 1
	`wakeup` 1 2 3
	`wakeup_one` 1 2 3
	`_FREE` 1
	`_MALLOC` 1

G
`gdb` debugger 1 2+
	and KEXTs 1
	choosing over ddb 1
	setting debug flags 1
`getact_thread` function 1
`getpriority` function 1
granularity, locking 1

H
HFS 1
HFS+ 1 2
`hw_lock_t` data type 1

I
I/O Kit 1+
	architecture 1
	drivers 1
	families 1
	nubs 1
	support for imaging devices 1
IDEA cipher 1
initial key exchange 1
`inout` data type 1 2
internet services 1
interrupt handler 1 2
interrupt latency 1
interrupt priority level (IPL) 1
interrupt service threads 1
`IOCreateThread` function 1
`ioctl` API 1
`IODelay` function 1 2 3
`IOExitThread` function 1
`IOFree` function 1
`IOFreeAligned` function 1
`IOFreeContiguous` function 1
`IOFreePageable` function 1
`IOMalloc` function 1
`IOMallocAligned` function 1 2
`IOMallocContiguous` function 1 2
`IOMallocPageable` function 1
`IOMemoryDescriptor` data type 1 2
`IOMemoryDescriptor prepare method` method 1
`IONofitier::release` method 1
`IOSleep` function 1 2 3
`IOThreadSelf` function 1
IPC
	and Mach messaging 1 2
	and port rights 1
	in transition 1
	types 1
IPL (interrupt priority level) 1
ISO 9660 1

J
Java-style reverse DNS naming 1 2

K
kernel credentials. See credentials
Kernel Extension Manager 1
kernel modules 1
kernel See also kernel threads
kernel space 1
kernel threads
	and Mach threads
	creating 1
	destroying 1
kernel
	abstractions in 1
	configurations of 1
	debugging flags for 1
	finding version of 1
	microkernel 1
	monolithic 1
	source code 1
	wired resources 1
`kernel_thread` function 1
`kextload` command 1 2
KEXTs
	and kernel panic 1
	as bundles 1
	debugging 1
	description of 1
	in supervisor mode 1
	tutorials 1
`kextstat` command 1 2
key exchange 1
key signing 1
key-based authentication 1+
key-based encryption 1+
Keychain Manager 1
`kmem_alloc` function 1 2
`kmem_alloc_aligned` function 1 2
`kmem_alloc_contig` function 1 2
`kmem_alloc_pageable` function 1
`kmem_alloc_wired` function 1 2
`kmem_free` function 1 2
KMODs 1
`kmodstat` command 1 2 3
`kmodsyms` command 1

L
latency 1 2
`Libstreams` package 1
`LIST` data type 1
`load_shared_file` function 1
lock contention 1
locking granularity 1
locks 1 2
	spinlock. See spinlocks
	See also mutexes
	functions 1 2 3
	granularity of 1
	profiling 1
	read-write 1 2 3
	sets of 1
	spin/sleep 1
	working with 1
`lock_alloc` function 1
`lock_done` function 1
`lock_init` function 1
`lock_read` function 1
`lock_read_done` function 1
`lock_read_to_write` function 1
`lock_write` function 1
`lock_write_done` function 1
`lock_write_to_read` function 1
login context 1

M
Mac OS Extended Format. See HFS+
Mac OS Standard Format. See HFS
Mach 3 scheduler 1
Mach 3.0 1
Mach Interface Generator. See MIG
Mach interprocess communication (IPC) 1 2
Mach messaging
	and boundary crossings 1
	and Mach IPC 1
	feature of Mach 1
	security of 1
Mach remote procedure calls. See Mach RPC suppport
Mach RPC support
	and IPC 1 2 3
	API of 1
	calling 1
	creating a definition for 1
	objects 1
Mach RPC
	objects 1
Mach threads 1
Mach-O 1 2
Mach
	overview of 1
	port rights 1 2
`mach_init` 1
`mach_make_memory_entry_64` function 1 2 3
`mach_timespec_t` data type 1
main thread 1
man-in-the-middle attack 1
management information base (MIB) 1
memory management 1 2
memory mapping 1
memory objects 1 2
memory protection 1
memory-mapped devices 1
memory
	block copying 1
	anonymous 1
	virtual (VM) 1+ 2 3
Mesa semantics 1
message queues
	as communications channel 1
	as IPC method 1
	description 1
messaging
	APIs for 1
methods
	`IOMemoryDescriptor prepare method` 1
	`IONofitier::release` 1
MIB (management information base) 1
microkernel 1
MIG (Mach Inferface Generator)
	introduced 1
	definitions in 1
	types in 1 2
modem port 1
modules, adding 1+
`msleep` function 1
multiuser access 1
mutexes 1+
	as type of lock 1
	functions for 1
`mutex_alloc` function 1
`mutex_free` function 1
`mutex_lock` function 1
`mutex_pause` function 1
`mutex_t` constant 1
`mutex_try` function 1
`mutex_unlock` function 1

N
name ports 1
name server 1
named entries 1 2
named regions 1
namespace
	collisions of 1
naming conventions 1
`nanoseconds_to_absolutetime` function 1
network file system (NFS) 1 2
`new_system_shared_regions` function 1
NFS (network file system) 1 2
`nice` command 1
NKEs
	and protocol stacks 1
NMIs (nonmaskable interrupts) 1 2 3
nonmaskable interrupts (NMIs) 1 2 3
notifications 1 2 3
NTFS (Windows NT file system) 1
nubs 1
null pointers 1
`nvram` command 1

O
object identifiers (OIDs) 1 2 3 4
object types
	memory 1
	shadow 1
	VM 1 2
OIDs (object identifiers) 1 2 3 4
`OID_AUTO` constant 1
one-time pad 1 2
Open Firmware 1 2
OSFMK scheduler 1

P
pagers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
paging, security implications of 1
pattern sensitivity 1 2
`PCATCH` constant 1
PEF (preferred executable format) 1
performance tips 1
`PE_enter_debugger` function 1 2 3
`PE_parse_boot_arg` function 1 2
pipes 1
PK cryptography. See public key cryptography
plaintext. See cleartext
plug-in architectures
	Core Graphics 1
	QuickTime 1
`pmap` system 1 2 3
point-to-point protocol (PPP) 1
port rights 1 2
port sets 1
ports
	bootstrap 1
	control 1
	definition of 1 2 3
	modem 1
	name 1 2
	namespace 1 2
	privileged 1
	receive rights and 1
	settings of (serial) 1
	task 1
POSIX 1 2
POSIX threads (pthreads) 1
POSIX threads (pthreads) 1
PPP (point-to-point protocol) 1
preemptive multitasking 1
preferred executable format (PEF) 1
priority bands 1
privileged ports 1
profiling
	of kernel code 1
	of locks 1
Project Builder 1
protection, VM 1 2
protocol stacks 1
pthreads (POSIX threads) 1 2
`pthread_attr_getschedparam` function 1
`pthread_setschedparam` function 1 2
public key cryptography 1 2

Q
quanta. See time quanta
`QUERY_OBJECT_TYPE` constant 1
queues
	message. See message queues
	kernel implementation of 1
	wait 1+
QuickTime 1

R
read sharing 1
read-write locks 1 2 3
read-write sharing 1
real-time priority 1
real-time scheduling 1 2 3
receive rights 1
`registerPrioritySleepWakeInterest` function 1
`renice` command 1
`reset_shared_file` function 1
`RETURN_ONLY_ABSENT` constant 1
`RETURN_ONLY_DIRTY` constant 1
reverse DNS naming 1 2
routines
	defined by RPC 1
RSA cipher 1 2

S
`SCHED_FIFO` constant 1
`SCHED_OTHER` constant 1
`SCHED_RR` constant 1
Security Server 1
security
	kernel credentials. See credentials
	See also ciphers
	See also Mach port rights
	user credentials. See credentials
	`/dev/kmem` device file 1
	`/dev/mem` 1
	`/dev/mem` device file 1
	authentication 1+
	debug ARP 1
	key-based authentication 1+
	key-based encryption 1+
	Mach messaging 1
	of boundary crossing 1
	of kernel extensions 1
	of memory objects 1
	paging implications 1+
	shared secrets 1
	TCP/IP 1
semaphores
	and Mach 1 2
	binary 1
	counting 1
	described 1
	functions 1+
`semaphore_create` function 1 2
`semaphore_destroy` function 1 2 3
`semaphore_signal` function 1 2
`semaphore_signal_all` function 1
`semaphore_signal_thread` function 1 2
`semaphore_wait` function 1
send rights 1
serial debugger. See `ddb` debugger
serial line IP (SLIP) 1
serial port settings 1
service server 1
session keys 1
set priority level call (spl) 1
`setpriority` function 1
setuid 1
`SET_INTERNAL` constant 1
shadow chains 1
shadow objects 1
shared libraries
	and Mach named regions 1
	and Mach submaps 1
	and VM shared memory server 1
shared memory 1 2 3 4
shared memory regions 1
shared secret authentication 1
shared secret encryption 1
short data weakness 1 2
shutdown hooks 1
signals 1
signing 1
`simpleroutine` 1
`simple_lock` function 1
`simple_lock_init` function 1
`simple_lock_t` data type 1
`simple_lock_try` function 1
`simple_unlock` function 1
`sleep` function 1 2
SLIP (serial line IP) 1
`SLIST` data type 1
SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) 1 2
sockets 1
source code, kernel 1
spin/sleep locks 1
spinlocks 1 2
spl call (set priority level) 1 2
`spl` function 1
`splbio` function 1
`splhigh` function 1
`splx` function 1
stability tips 1
`STAILQ` data type 1
startup context 1
starvation 1
`struct thread_shuttle` data type 1
`struct timespec` data type 1
`su` command 1
submaps 1
subsystems, MIG 1
`sudo` command 1
supervisor mode 1
symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) 1 2
synchronization 1
`SYNC_POLICY_FIFO` constant 1 2
`SYNC_POLICY_FIXED_PRIORITY` constant 1 2
`SYNC_POLICY_PREPOST` constant 1 2
`syscall` API 1 2
`sysctl` command 1
`sysctl`
	See also `sysctlbyname` function
	adding 1+
	API 1
	calling from user space 1
	function 1
`sysctlbyname` function 1
`sysctlbyname` system call 1
`SYSCTL_DECL` function 1
`SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS` data type 1
`sysctl_handle_int` function 1
`SYSCTL_IN` function 1 2
`SYSCTL_INT` function 1 2
`SYSCTL_LONG` function 1
`SYSCTL_NODE` function 1 2
`sysctl_oid_list` data type 1
`SYSCTL_OPAQUE` function 1 2
`SYSCTL_OUT` function 1 2 3
`SYSCTL_PROC` function 1 2
`sysctl_register_oid` function 1 2 3
`SYSCTL_STRING` function 1
`SYSCTL_STRUCT` function 1 2
`sysctl_unregister_oid` function 1 2

T
`TAILQ` data type 1
task ports 1
task roles 1
tasks 1 2
`TASK_BACKGROUND_APPLICATION` constant 1
`TASK_CONTROL_APPLICATION` constant 1
`TASK_FOREGROUND_APPLICATION` constant 1
`TASK_GRAPHICS_SERVER` constant 1
`task_policy_get` function 1
`task_policy_set` function 1 2
`TASK_RENICED` constant 1
`TASK_UNSPECIFIED` constant 1
TCP/IP 1
temporary files 1 2+
Terminal application 1
threads
	definition of 1
	Mach 1 2
	main 1
	migration of 1
	POSIX (pthreads) 1 2
	priority bands 1
	scheduling of 1
`thread_act_t` data type 1
`thread_policy_get` function 1 2
`thread_policy_set` function 1 2 3 4
`THREAD_PRECEDENCE_POLICY` constant 1 2
`THREAD_STANDARD_POLICY` constant 1
`thread_t` data type 1
`thread_terminate` function 1
`THREAD_TIME_CONSTRAINT_POLICY` constant 1
`thread_wakeup` function 1
time abstractions 1 2
time quanta 1 2 3 4 5
time-based authentication 1 2
time-sharing policy 1
timers 1
`timeval` data type 1
triple-DES cipher 1 2
trust model 1
`tsleep` function 1 2 3 4
`tsleep0` function 1 2
twofish cipher 1
types. See data types

U
`ubc_upl_abort` function 1
`ubc_upl_commit` function 1
UFS 1
`uname` command 1
unified buffer cache 1
universal page list (UPL) 1 2+
University of California at Berkeley 1
upgrading locks 1
UPL (universal page list) 1 2+
`upl_abort_range` function 1
`UPL_CLEAN_IN_PLACE` constant 1
`upl_commit_range` function 1
`UPL_PRECIOUS` constant 1
user credentials. See credentials
user space 1
user threads 1
user-kernel boundary 1
`usimple_lock` function 1
`usimple_lock_held` function 1
`usimple_lock_init` function 1
`usimple_lock_none_held` function 1
`usimple_lock_t` data type 1
`usimple_lock_try` function 1
`usimple_unlock` function 1

V
`valloc` function 1
VFS (virtual file system) 1
virtual address space 1 2
virtual machines 1
virtual memory (VM) 1+ 2 3
virtual memory objects. See VM objects
VM map API 1
VM objects 1 2
VM protections 1
VM Shared Memory Server Subsystem 1
VM. See virtual memory
`vm_allocate` function 1 2 3
`VM_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT` constant 1
`VM_BEHAVIOR_RANDOM` constant 1
`VM_BEHAVIOR_RSEQNTL` constant 1
`VM_BEHAVIOR_SEQUENTIAL` constant 1
`vm_map` function 1 2
`vm_map_copyin` function 1 2
`vm_map_copyout` function 1 2 3
`vm_map_copy_discard` function 1 2
`vm_map_copy_overwrite` function 1 2
`vm_map_entry` data type 1
`vm_map_get_upl` function 1
`vm_map_unwire` function 1 2
`vm_map_wire` function 1 2
`vm_object_upl_request` function 1
`vm_region_object_create` function 1
`vm_wire` function 1 2
vnode pager 1 2

W
wait queues 1+
`wait_queue` function 1
`wait_queue_alloc` function 1 2
`wait_queue_assert_wait` function 1 2
`wait_queue_assert_wait_locked` function 1
`wait_queue_free` function 1 2
`wait_queue_init` function 1 2
`wait_queue_link` function 1 2 3
`wait_queue_lock` function 1
`wait_queue_lock_try` function 1
`wait_queue_member` function 1 2 3
`wait_queue_member_locked` function 1 2
`wait_queue_peek_locked` function 1 2 3 4
`wait_queue_pull_thread_locked` function 1 2
`wait_queue_remove` function 1 2
`wait_queue_unlink` function 1 2 3
`wait_queue_unlink_one` function 1 2 3
`wait_queue_unlock` function 1
`wait_queue_wakeup_all` function 1 2
`wait_queue_wakeup_all_locked` function 1
`wait_queue_wakeup_identity_locked` function 1 2
`wait_queue_wakeup_one` function 1 2
`wait_queue_wakeup_one_locked` function 1
`wait_queue_wakeup_thread` function 1 2
`wait_queue_wakeup_thread_locked` function 1
`wakeup` function 1 2 3 4
`wakeup_one` function 1 2 3 4
web of trust model 1
WIMG memory protection bits 1
Windows NT file system (NTFS) 1
wired memory 1
wiring 1
work loops 1
working set detection subsystem 1
write sharing 1

Z
zero-knowledge proof 1

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