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DANGER WILL ROBINSON! _PATH_UNIX is currently defined as the literal string "don't use this". I am of two minds about this myself, but wanted to get something into the tree as quickly as possible.
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
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.\" This code is derived from software developed by the Computer Systems
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.\" @(#)kvm_open.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt KVM_OPEN 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kvm_open ,
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.Nm kvm_openfiles ,
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.Nm kvm_close
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.Nd initialize kernel virtual memory access
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <fcntl.h>
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.Fd #include <kvm.h>
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.br
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.Ft kvm_t *
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.Fn kvm_open "const char *execfile" "const char *corefile" "char *swapfile" "int flags" "const char *errstr"
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.Ft kvm_t *
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.Fn kvm_openfiles "const char *execfile" "const char *corefile" "char *swapfile" "int flags" "char *errbuf"
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.Ft int
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.Fn kvm_close "kvm_t *kd"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The functions
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.Fn kvm_open
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and
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.Fn kvm_openfiles
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return a descriptor used to access kernel virtual memory
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via the
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.Xr kvm 3
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library routines. Both active kernels and crash dumps are accessible
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through this interface.
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.Pp
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.Fa execfile
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is the executable image of the kernel being examined.
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This file must contain a symbol table.
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If this argument is
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.Dv NULL ,
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the currently running system is assumed,
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as determined from
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.Xr getbootfile 3 .
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.Pp
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.Fa corefile
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is the kernel memory device file. It can be either /dev/mem
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or a crash dump core generated by
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.Xr savecore 8 .
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If
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.Fa corefile
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is
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.Dv NULL ,
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the default indicated by
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.Dv _PATH_MEM
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from <paths.h> is used.
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.Pp
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.Fa swapfile
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should indicate the swap device. If
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.Dv NULL ,
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.Dv _PATH_DRUM
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from <paths.h> is used.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa flags
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argument indicates read/write access as in
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.Xr open 2
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and applies only to the core file.
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Only
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.Dv O_RDONLY ,
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.Dv O_WRONLY ,
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and
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.Dv O_RDWR
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are permitted.
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.Pp
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There are two open routines which differ only with respect to
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the error mechanism.
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One provides backward compatibility with the SunOS kvm library, while the
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other provides an improved error reporting framework.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn kvm_open
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function is the Sun kvm compatible open call. Here, the
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.Fa errstr
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argument indicates how errors should be handled. If it is
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.Dv NULL ,
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no errors are reported and the application cannot know the
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specific nature of the failed kvm call.
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If it is not
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.Dv NULL ,
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errors are printed to stderr with
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.Fa errstr
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prepended to the message, as in
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.Xr perror 3 .
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Normally, the name of the program is used here.
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The string is assumed to persist at least until the corresponding
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.Fn kvm_close
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call.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn kvm_openfiles
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function provides BSD style error reporting.
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Here, error messages are not printed out by the library.
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Instead, the application obtains the error message
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corresponding to the most recent kvm library call using
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.Fn kvm_geterr
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(see
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.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ).
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The results are undefined if the most recent kvm call did not produce
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an error.
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Since
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.Fn kvm_geterr
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requires a kvm descriptor, but the open routines return
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.Dv NULL
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on failure,
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.Fn kvm_geterr
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cannot be used to get the error message if open fails.
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Thus,
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.Fn kvm_openfiles
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will place any error message in the
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.Fa errbuf
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argument. This buffer should be _POSIX2_LINE_MAX characters large (from
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<limits.h>).
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn kvm_open
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and
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.Fn kvm_openfiles
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functions both return a descriptor to be used
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in all subsequent kvm library calls.
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The library is fully re-entrant.
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On failure,
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.Dv NULL
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is returned, in which case
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.Fn kvm_openfiles
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writes the error message into
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.Fa errbuf .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn kvm_close
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function returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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.Sh BUGS
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There should not be two open calls. The ill-defined error semantics
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of the Sun library and the desire to have a backward-compatible library
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for BSD left little choice.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr kvm 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_read 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_write 3
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