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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" \
47"const void *data" "size_t len"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Fn coredump_write
50is used by both machine-dependent and machine-independent components
51to write information to a coredump.
52.Fa iocookie
53is an opaque pointer that was supplied to the caller of
54.Fn coredump_write .
55.Fa segflg
56indicates where the
57.Fa data
58is located, system space or user space.
59.Fa data
60points to the information to be written to the coredump.
61.Fa len
62is the amount of data to be written.
63.Pp
64.Fn coredump_write
65returns 0 on success and an appropriate error code on failure.
66.Sh CODE REFERENCES
67This section describes places within the
68.Nx
69source tree where actual code implementing or using
70.Fn coredump_write
71can be found.
72All pathnames are relative to
73.Pa /usr/src .
74.Pp
75Process core dumps are initiated within the file
76.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
77Process core dumps for ELF
78.Nx
79binaries are performed within the files
80.Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
81or
82.Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
83Process core dumps for other
84.Nx
85binaries are performed within the file
86.Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr cpu_coredump 9
89