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29.Dd September 16, 2015
30.Dt KINFO_GETVMMAP 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm kinfo_getvmmap
34.Nd function for getting per-process memory map information
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libutil
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/types.h
39.In sys/sysctl.h
40.In util.h
41.Ft struct kinfo_vmentry *
42.Fn kinfo_getvmmap "pid_t pid" "size_t *cntp"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44This function is used for obtaining virtual memory mapping information
45of a particular process.
46.Pp
47The
48.Ar pid
49field contains the process identifier.
50This should be the a process that you have privilege to access.
51The
52.Ar cntp
53field is allows the caller to know how many records are returned.
54.Pp
55This function is a wrapper around
56.Xr sysctl 3
57with the
58.Dv KERN_PROC_VMMAP
59mib.
60While the kernel returns a packed structure, this function expands the
61data into a fixed record format.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63On success the
64.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
65function returns a pointer to an array of
66.Vt struct kinfo_vmentry
67structures as defined by
68.In sys/sysctl.h .
69The array was obtained by an internal call to
70.Xr malloc 3
71and must be freed by the caller with a call to
72.Xr free 3 .
73On failure the
74.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
75function returns
76.Dv NULL .
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr free 3 ,
79.\" .Xr kinfo_getfile 3 ,
80.Xr malloc 3
81