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.\" @(#)kvm_nlist.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt KVM_NLIST 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kvm_nlist
.Nd retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libkvm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In kvm.h
.In nlist.h
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.Ft int
.Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn kvm_nlist
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function retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
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.Fa \&nl .
This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by
an entry whose n_name field is
.Dv NULL
(see
.Xr nlist 3 ) .
Each symbol is looked up using the n_name field, and if found, the
corresponding n_type and n_value fields are filled in.
These fields are set
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to 0 if the symbol is not found.
.Pp
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The
.Xr kldsym 2
system call is used to locate the symbol.
This is a less than perfect
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emulation of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel
modules and is reasonably fast.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn kvm_nlist
function returns the number of invalid entries found.
If the kernel symbol table was unreadable, -1 is returned.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kldsym 2 ,
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.Xr kvm 3 ,
.Xr kvm_close 3 ,
.Xr kvm_getargv 3 ,
.Xr kvm_getenvv 3 ,
.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ,
.Xr kvm_getprocs 3 ,
.Xr kvm_open 3 ,
.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 ,
.Xr kvm_read 3 ,
.Xr kvm_write 3