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3.9 KiB
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140 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
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.\" from: @(#)fork.2 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/10/91
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd October 14, 2006
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.Dt I386_GET_LDT 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm i386_get_ldt ,
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.Nm i386_set_ldt
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.Nd manage i386 per-process Local Descriptor Table entries
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In machine/segments.h
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.In machine/sysarch.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn i386_get_ldt "int start_sel" "union descriptor *descs" "int num_sels"
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.Ft int
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.Fn i386_set_ldt "int start_sel" "union descriptor *descs" "int num_sels"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn i386_get_ldt
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system call
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returns a list of the i386 descriptors in the current process'
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LDT.
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The
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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system call
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sets a list of i386 descriptors in the current process'
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LDT.
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For both routines,
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.Fa start_sel
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specifies the index of the selector in the LDT at which to begin and
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.Fa descs
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points to an array of
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.Fa num_sels
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descriptors to be set or returned.
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.Pp
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Each entry in the
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.Fa descs
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array can be either a segment_descriptor or gate_descriptor and are defined in
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.In i386/segments.h .
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These structures are defined by the architecture
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as disjoint bit-fields, so care must be taken in constructing them.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa start_sel
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is
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.Em LDT_AUTO_ALLOC ,
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.Fa num_sels
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is 1 and the descriptor pointed to by
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.Fa descs
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is legal, then
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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will allocate a descriptor and return its
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selector number.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa num_descs
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is 1,
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.Fa start_sels
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is valid, and
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.Fa descs
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is NULL, then
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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will free that descriptor
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(making it available to be reallocated again later).
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa num_descs
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is 0,
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.Fa start_sels
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is 0 and
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.Fa descs
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is NULL then, as a special case,
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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will free all descriptors.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn i386_get_ldt
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returns the number of descriptors currently in the LDT.
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The
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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system call
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returns the first selector set on success.
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If the kernel allocated a descriptor in the LDT,
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the allocated index is returned.
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Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global
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variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn i386_get_ldt
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and
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.Fn i386_set_ldt
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system calls
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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An inappropriate value was used for
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.Fa start_sel
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or
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.Fa num_sels .
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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The caller attempted to use a descriptor that would
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circumvent protection or cause a failure.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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i386 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual, Intel
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.Sh WARNING
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You can really hose your process using this.
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