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27.Dd January 7, 2019
28.Dt CRASHME 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm crashme ,
32.Nm crashme_add ,
33.Nm crashme_remove
34.Nd in-kernel testing of crash handling
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/crashme.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn crashme_add "crashme_node *cn"
39.Ft int
40.Fn crashme_remove "crashme_node *cn"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44functions provide access to dynamically add and remove crashme nodes.
45These nodes are simply named callbacks that are expected to cause the
46system to crash.
47.Pp
48The crashme functionality is only available in kernels with the
49.Xr options 4
50.Dv DEBUG
51option set.
52.Pp
53Each crashme node is maintained in a
54.Vt crashme_node
55structure which has the following public members:
56.Bd -literal
57typedef int (*crashme_fn)(int);
58
59typedef struct crashme_node {
60	const char	*cn_name;
61	const char	*cn_longname;
62	crashme_fn	 cn_fn;
63} crashme_node;
64.Ed
65.Pp
66The
67caller must fill in the
68.Fa cn_name ,
69.Fa cn_longname ,
70and
71.Fa cn_fn
72members.
73.Pp
74The
75.Ar flags
76parameter is passed from sysctl.
77The return value is 0 upon success or non zero for failure.
78.Sh SYSCTL SUPPORT
79The following
80.Xr sysctl 8
81variables are provided by the
82.Nm
83subsystem:
84.Bl -tag -width Li
85.It Li debug.crashme_enable
86Must be set to 1 for any
87.Nm
88node to be executed.
89.El
90.Pp
91The following
92.Xr sysctl 8
93nodes trigger crashes in different ways when written:
94.Bl -tag -width ".Li debug.crashme.null_deref"
95.It Li debug.crashme.panic
96Call
97.Xr panic 9 .
98.It Li debug.crashme.null_deref
99Dereference a null pointer.
100.It Li debug.crashme.null_jump
101Call a null function pointer, i.e., jump to the instruction address
102zero.
103.It Li debug.crashme.ddb
104Enter
105.Xr ddb 9
106directly by calling
107.Xr Debugger 9 .
108Requires
109.Xr options 4
110.Dv DDB .
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr options 4 ,
114.Xr panic 9
115.Sh HISTORY
116The
117.Nm
118driver appeared in
119.Nx 9.0 .
120.Sh AUTHORS
121.An Matthew R. Green
122