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37.Dd December 24, 2005
38.Dt COREDUMP_WRITE 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm coredump_write
42.Nd common coredump write routine
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/signalvar.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn coredump_write "void *iocookie" "enum uio_seg segflg" "const void *data" "size_t len"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Fn coredump_write
49is used by both machine-dependent and machine-independent components to write information to a coredump.
50.Fa iocookie
51is an opaque pointer that was supplied to the caller of
52.Fn coredump_write .
53.Fa segflg
54indicates where the
55.Fa data
56is located, system space or user space.
57.Fa data
58points to the information to be written to the coredump.
59.Fa len
60is the amount of data to be written.
61.Pp
62.Fn coredump_write
63returns 0 on success and an appropriate error code on failure.
64.Sh CODE REFERENCES
65This section describes places within the
66.Nx
67source tree where actual code implementing or using
68.Fn coredump_write
69can be found.
70All pathnames are relative to
71.Pa /usr/src .
72.Pp
73Process core dumps are initiated within the file
74.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
75Process core dumps for ELF
76.Nx
77binaries are performed within the files
78.Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
79or
80.Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
81Process core dumps for other
82.Nx
83binaries are performed within the file
84.Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr cpu_coredump 9
87