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+.\" $NetBSD: nullop.9,v 1.1 2010/07/25 21:05:13 jruoho Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Jukka Ruohonen.
+.\"
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+.Dd July 25, 2010
+.Dt NULLOP 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nullop
+.Nd dummy functions
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/systm.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn nullop "void *v"
+.Ft void
+.Fn voidop "void"
+.Ft int
+.Fn enodev "void"
+.Ft int
+.Fn enxio "void"
+.Ft int
+.Fn enoioctl "void"
+.Ft int
+.Fn enosys "void"
+.Ft int
+.Fn eopnotsupp "void"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn nullop
+function provides a generic
+.Dq null operation .
+It always returns the value 0.
+The
+.Fn voidop
+function takes no arguments and does nothing.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn enodev ,
+.Fn enxio ,
+.Fn enoioctl ,
+.Fn enosys ,
+and
+.Fn eopnotsupp
+functions always fail, returning
+.Er ENODEV ,
+.Er ENXIO ,
+.Er ENOTTY ,
+.Er ENOSYS ,
+and
+.Er EOPNOTSUPP ,
+respectively.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following example demonstrates a case where
+.Fn nullop
+may be useful:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+uint64_t xc;
+
+\&...
+
+xc = xc_broadcast(0, (xcfunc_t)nullop, NULL, NULL);
+xc_wait(xc);
+.Ed