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36.Dd May 11, 2003
37.Dt KVM_NLIST 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm kvm_nlist
41.Nd retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libkvm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In kvm.h
46.In nlist.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn kvm_nlist
51retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
52.Fa \&nl .
53This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by
54an entry whose n_name field is
55.Dv NULL
56(see
57.Xr nlist 3 ) .
58Each symbol is looked up using the n_name field, and if found, the
59corresponding n_type and n_value fields are filled in.
60These fields are set to 0 if the symbol is not found.
61.Pp
62If
63.Fa \&kd
64was created by a call to
65.Fn kvm_open
66with a
67.Dv NULL
68executable image name,
69.Fn kvm_nlist
70will use
71.Pa /dev/ksyms
72to retrieve the kernel symbol table.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74The
75.Fn kvm_nlist
76function returns the number of invalid entries found.
77If the kernel symbol table was unreadable, -1 is returned.
78.Sh FILES
79.Bl -tag -width /dev/ksyms -compact
80.It Pa /dev/ksyms
81.El
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr kvm 3 ,
84.Xr kvm_close 3 ,
85.Xr kvm_getargv 3 ,
86.Xr kvm_getenvv 3 ,
87.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ,
88.Xr kvm_getprocs 3 ,
89.Xr kvm_open 3 ,
90.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 ,
91.Xr kvm_read 3 ,
92.Xr kvm_write 3 ,
93.Xr ksyms 4
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