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+.\" $NetBSD: coredump_write.9,v 1.5 2010/12/02 12:54:13 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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+.Dd December 24, 2005
+.Dt COREDUMP_WRITE 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm coredump_write
+.Nd common coredump write routine
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/signalvar.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn coredump_write "void *iocookie" "enum uio_seg segflg" \
+"const void *data" "size_t len"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn coredump_write
+is used by both machine-dependent and machine-independent components
+to write information to a coredump.
+.Fa iocookie
+is an opaque pointer that was supplied to the caller of
+.Fn coredump_write .
+.Fa segflg
+indicates where the
+.Fa data
+is located, system space or user space.
+.Fa data
+points to the information to be written to the coredump.
+.Fa len
+is the amount of data to be written.
+.Pp
+.Fn coredump_write
+returns 0 on success and an appropriate error code on failure.
+.Sh CODE REFERENCES
+Process core dumps are initiated within the file
+.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
+Process core dumps for ELF
+.Nx
+binaries are performed within the files
+.Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
+or
+.Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
+Process core dumps for other
+.Nx
+binaries are performed within the file
+.Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cpu_coredump 9