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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software developed by the Computer Systems
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.\" Engineering group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract
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.\" BG 91-66 and contributed to Berkeley.
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.\" @(#)kvm_read.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt KVM_READ 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kvm_read ,
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.Nm kvm_write
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.Nd read or write kernel virtual memory
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libkvm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In kvm.h
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.Ft ssize_t
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.Fn kvm_read "kvm_t *kd" "unsigned long addr" "void *buf" "size_t nbytes"
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.Ft ssize_t
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.Fn kvm_write "kvm_t *kd" "unsigned long addr" "const void *buf" "size_t nbytes"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn kvm_read
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and
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.Fn kvm_write
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functions are used to read and write kernel virtual memory (or a crash
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dump file).
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See
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.Fn kvm_open 3
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or
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.Fn kvm_openfiles 3
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for information regarding opening kernel virtual memory and crash dumps.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn kvm_read
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function transfers
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.Fa nbytes
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bytes of data from
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the kernel space address
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.Fa addr
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to
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.Fa buf .
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Conversely,
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.Fn kvm_write
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transfers data from
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.Fa buf
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to
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.Fa addr .
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Unlike their SunOS counterparts, these functions cannot be used to
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read or write process address spaces.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon success, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned.
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Otherwise, -1 is returned.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kvm 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_close 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_getargv 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_getenvv 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_getprocs 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_nlist 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_open 3 ,
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