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29*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Dd September 16, 2015
30*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Dt KINFO_GETVMMAP 3
31*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Os
32*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh NAME
33*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Nm kinfo_getvmmap
34*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Nd function for getting per-process memory map information
35*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh LIBRARY
36*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Lb libutil
37*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh SYNOPSIS
38*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.In sys/types.h
39*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.In sys/sysctl.h
40*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.In util.h
41*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Ft struct kinfo_vmentry *
42*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Fn kinfo_getvmmap "pid_t pid" "size_t *cntp"
43*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh DESCRIPTION
44*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThis function is used for obtaining virtual memory mapping information
45*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucof a particular process.
46*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Pp
47*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThe
48*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Ar pid
49*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucfield contains the process identifier.
50*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThis should be the a process that you have privilege to access.
51*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThe
52*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Ar cntp
53*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucfield is allows the caller to know how many records are returned.
54*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Pp
55*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThis function is a wrapper around
56*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Xr sysctl 3
57*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucwith the
58*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Dv KERN_PROC_VMMAP
59*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucmib.
60*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucWhile the kernel returns a packed structure, this function expands the
61*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucdata into a fixed record format.
62*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh RETURN VALUES
63*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucOn success the
64*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
65*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucfunction returns a pointer to an array of
66*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Vt struct kinfo_vmentry
67*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucstructures as defined by
68*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.In sys/sysctl.h .
69*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucThe array was obtained by an internal call to
70*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Xr malloc 3
71*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucand must be freed by the caller with a call to
72*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Xr free 3 .
73*0a6a1f1dSLionel SambucOn failure the
74*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
75*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambucfunction returns
76*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Dv NULL .
77*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Sh SEE ALSO
78*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Xr free 3 ,
79*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.\" .Xr kinfo_getfile 3 ,
80*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Xr malloc 3
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