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30.Dd December 24, 2005
31.Dt CPU_COREDUMP 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm cpu_coredump
35.Nd machine-dependent process core dump interface
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/signalvar.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn cpu_coredump "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core *chdr"
40.Ft int
41.Fn cpu_coredump32 "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core32 *chdr"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Fn cpu_coredump
44is the machine-dependent interface invoked by machine-independent code
45to dump the machine-dependent header information at the start of a
46process core dump.
47The header information primarily consists of the
48CPU and floating-point registers.
49.Fa l
50is the lwp structure of the thread being dumped.
51.Fa iocookie
52is an opaque pointer to be passed to
53.Fn coredump_write .
54Information about the machine-dependent header sections are returned in
55.Fa chdr .
56.Pp
57.Fn cpu_coredump
58returns 0 on success and an appropriate error code on failure.
59.Sh CODE REFERENCES
60Process core dumps are initiated within the file
61.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
62Process core dumps for ELF
63.Nx
64binaries are performed within the files
65.Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
66or
67.Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
68Process core dumps for other
69.Nx
70binaries are performed within the file
71.Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr coredump_write 9
74