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37.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2013 $
38.Dt KVM_GETFILES 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm kvm_getfiles
42.Nd survey open files
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In kvm.h
45.In sys/types.h
46.In sys/sysctl.h
47.Ft struct kinfo_file *
48.Fn kvm_getfiles "kvm_t *kd" "int op" "int arg" "size_t elemsize" "int *cnt"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn kvm_getfiles
51returns a (sub-)set of the open files in the kernel indicated by
52.Fa kd .
53The
54.Fa op
55and
56.Fa arg
57arguments constitute a predicate which limits the set of files
58returned.
59The value of
60.Fa op
61describes the filtering predicate as follows:
62.Pp
63.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
64.It Dv KERN_FILE_BYFILE
65all open files
66.It Dv KERN_FILE_BYPID
67files opened by process ID
68.Fa arg
69(\-1 for all processes)
70.It Dv KERN_FILE_BYUID
71files opened by processes with effective user ID
72.Fa arg
73.El
74.Pp
75Files associated with a process will include information about
76the process that has the file open.
77.Pp
78Only the first
79.Fa elemsize
80bytes of each array entry are returned.
81If the size of the
82.Vt kinfo_file
83structure increases in size in a future release of
84.Ox ,
85the kernel will only return the requested amount of data for
86each array entry and programs that use
87.Fn kvm_getfiles
88will continue to function without the need for recompilation.
89.Pp
90The files are returned as a contiguous array of
91.Vt kinfo_file
92structures.
93The number of structures found is returned in the reference parameter
94.Fa cnt .
95This memory is owned by kvm and will be overwritten by subsequent calls to
96.Fn kvm_getfiles
97and destroyed by
98.Fn kvm_close .
99Data should be copied out if it needs to be saved.
100.Sh RETURN VALUES
101.Fn kvm_getfiles
102will return
103.Dv NULL
104on failure.
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr kvm 3 ,
107.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ,
108.Xr kvm_nlist 3 ,
109.Xr kvm_open 3 ,
110.Xr kvm_read 3
111.Sh BUGS
112This routine does not belong in the kvm interface.
113