icon Top 9 categories map      RocketAware > man pages >

kvm_nlist(3)

Tips: Browse or Search all pages for efficient awareness of more than 6000 of the most popular reusable and open source applications, functions, libraries, and FAQs.


The "RKT couplings" below include links to source code, updates, additional information, advice, FAQs, and overviews.


Home

Search all pages


Subjects

By activity
Professions, Sciences, Humanities, Business, ...

User Interface
Text-based, GUI, Audio, Video, Keyboards, Mouse, Images,...

Text Strings
Conversions, tests, processing, manipulation,...

Math
Integer, Floating point, Matrix, Statistics, Boolean, ...

Processing
Algorithms, Memory, Process control, Debugging, ...

Stored Data
Data storage, Integrity, Encryption, Compression, ...

Communications
Networks, protocols, Interprocess, Remote, Client Server, ...

Hard World
Timing, Calendar and Clock, Audio, Video, Printer, Controls...

File System
Management, Filtering, File & Directory access, Viewers, ...

    

RocketLink!--> Man page versions: OpenBSD FreeBSD Others



KVM_NLIST(3)              OpenBSD Programmer's Manual             KVM_NLIST(3)

NAME
     kvm_nlist - retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image



SYNOPSIS
     #include <kvm.h>
     #include <nlist.h>

     int
     kvm_nlist(kvm_t *kd, struct nlist *nl);

DESCRIPTION
     kvm_nlist() retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list
     argument nl. This argument points to an array of nlist structures, termi-
     nated by an entry whose n_name field is NULL (see 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 to 0 if
     the symbol is not found.

     The program kvm_mkdb(8) builds a database from the running kernel's
     namelist.  If the database matches the opened kernel, kvm_nlist() uses it
     to speed lookups.

RETURN VALUES
     The kvm_nlist() function returns the number of invalid entries found.  If
     the kernel symbol table was unreadable, -1 is returned.

FILES
     /var/db/kvm_bsd.db

SEE ALSO
     kvm(3),  kvm_close(3),  kvm_getargv(3),  kvm_getenvv(3),  kvm_geterr(3),
     kvm_getprocs(3),  kvm_open(3),  kvm_openfiles(3),  kvm_read(3),
     kvm_write(3),  kvm_mkdb(8)

OpenBSD 2.6                      June 4, 1993                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



(Corrections, notes, and links courtesy of RocketAware.com)


[Detailed Topics]
FreeBSD Sources for kvm_nlist(3) functions
OpenBSD sources for kvm_nlist(3)


[Overview Topics]

Up to: Memory blocks (Sometimes called "Byte Strings") - Memory blocks. Allocated, shared, mmaped, kernel et al
Up to: Debugging and Tracing (utilities, system and library calls which support debugging and tracing)


RocketLink!--> Man page versions: OpenBSD FreeBSD Others






Rapid-Links: Search | About | Comments | Submit Path: RocketAware > man pages > kvm_nlist.3/
RocketAware.com is a service of Mib Software
Copyright 1999, Forrest J. Cavalier III. All Rights Reserved.
We welcome submissions and comments