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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/kvm_dump.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_dump.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_dump.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b5b23261 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_dump.3 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_dump.3,v 1.14 2025/06/06 21:53:13 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: kvm_dump.3,v 1.1 1996/03/18 21:11:12 leo Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Leo Weppelman +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2025 $ +.Dt KVM_DUMP_MKHEADER 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kvm_dump_mkheader , +.Nm kvm_dump_wrtheader , +.Nm kvm_dump_inval +.Nd crash dump support functions +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Lb libkvm +.In kvm.h +.Ft int +.Fn kvm_dump_mkheader "kvm_t *kd" "off_t dump_off" +.Ft int +.Fn kvm_dump_wrtheader "kvm_t *kd" "FILE *fp" "int dumpsize" +.Ft int +.Fn kvm_dump_inval "kvm_t *kd" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +First note that the functions described here were designed to be used by +.Xr savecore 8 . +.Pp +The function +.Fn kvm_dump_mkheader +checks if the physical memory file associated with +.Fa kd +contains a valid crash dump header as generated by a dumping kernel. +When a valid header is found, +.Fn kvm_dump_mkheader +initializes the internal kvm data structures as if a crash dump generated by +the +.Xr savecore 8 +program was opened. +This has the intentional side effect of enabling the +address translation machinery. +.Pp +A call to +.Fn kvm_dump_mkheader +will most likely be followed by a call to +.Fn kvm_dump_wrtheader . +This function takes care of generating the generic header, the +.Dv CORE_CPU +section and the section header of the +.Dv CORE_DATA +section. +The data is written to the file pointed at by +.Fa fp . +The +.Fa dumpsize +argument is only used to properly set the segment size of the +.Dv CORE_DATA +section. +Note that this function assumes that +.Fa fp +is positioned at file location 0. +This function will not seek and therefore allows +.Fa fp +to be a file pointer obtained by +.Fn zopen . +.Pp +The +.Fn kvm_dump_inval +function clears the magic number in the physical memory file associated with +.Fa kd . +The address translations must be enabled for this to work (thus assuming +that +.Fn kvm_dump_mkheader +was called earlier in the sequence). +.Sh RETURN VALUES +All functions return 0 on success, \-1 on failure. +In the case of failure, +.Xr kvm_geterr 3 +can be used to retrieve the cause of the error. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kvm 3 +.Sh HISTORY +These functions first appeared in +.Nx 1.1a . |
