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37.Dd December 24, 2005
38.Dt CPU_COREDUMP 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm cpu_coredump
42.Nd machine-dependent process core dump interface
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/signalvar.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn cpu_coredump "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core *chdr"
47.Ft int
48.Fn cpu_coredump32 "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core32 *chdr"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn cpu_coredump
51is the machine-dependent interface invoked by machine-independent code
52to dump the machine-dependent header information at the start of a
53process core dump.
54The header information primarily consists of the
55CPU and floating-point registers.
56.Fa l
57is the lwp structure of the thread being dumped.
58.Fa iocookie
59is an opaque pointer to be passed to
60.Fn coredump_write .
61Information about the machine-dependent header sections are returned in
62.Fa chdr .
63.Pp
64.Fn cpu_coredump
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 the
70machine-dependent coredump interface can be found.
71All pathnames are relative to
72.Pa /usr/src .
73.Pp
74Process core dumps are initiated within the file
75.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
76Process core dumps for ELF
77.Nx
78binaries are performed within the files
79.Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
80or
81.Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
82Process core dumps for other
83.Nx
84binaries are performed within the file
85.Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr coredump_write 9
88