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authorkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-03 17:30:31 +0000
committerkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-03 17:30:31 +0000
commit06c28ee0717b26e72018e2a5c5bf321facc78f32 (patch)
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Grammar and language fixes.
Submitted by: wblock Review: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2969 MFC after: 12 days
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/ptrace.286
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
index 68bff29..71b432f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.2 1995/02/27 12:35:37 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" This file is in the public domain.
-.Dd June 30, 2015
+.Dd July 3, 2015
.Dt PTRACE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -506,16 +506,16 @@ argument is ignored.
.Sh x86 MACHINE-SPECIFIC REQUESTS
.Bl -tag -width "Dv PT_GETXSTATE_INFO"
.It Dv PT_GETXMMREGS
-Copies out the XMM FPU state into the buffer pointed to by the
+Copy the XMM FPU state into the buffer pointed to by the
argument
.Fa addr .
-The buffer has the same layout as the 32bit save buffer for the
+The buffer has the same layout as the 32-bit save buffer for the
machine instruction
.Dv FXSAVE .
.Pp
-This request is only valid for i386 programs, both on native 32bit
+This request is only valid for i386 programs, both on native 32-bit
systems and on amd64 kernels.
-For 64bit amd64 programs, the XMM state is reported as part of
+For 64-bit amd64 programs, the XMM state is reported as part of
the FPU state returned by the
.Dv PT_GETFPREGS
request.
@@ -524,10 +524,10 @@ The
.Fa data
argument is ignored.
.It Dv PT_SETXMMREGS
-Loads the XMM FPU state for the thread from the buffer pointed to
+Load the XMM FPU state for the thread from the buffer pointed to
by the argument
.Fa addr .
-The buffer has the same layout as the 32bit load buffer for the
+The buffer has the same layout as the 32-bit load buffer for the
machine instruction
.Dv FXRSTOR .
.Pp
@@ -539,15 +539,13 @@ The
.Fa data
argument is ignored.
.It Dv PT_GETXSTATE_INFO
-Returns the information about the enablement state of the XSAVE FPU
-extensions supported by the CPU and allowed by the OS for use by userspace
-programs.
+Report which XSAVE FPU extensions are supported by the CPU
+and allowed in userspace programs.
The
.Fa addr
-argument must point to the variable of type
+argument must point to a variable of type
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info ,
which contains the information on the request return.
-The
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info
is defined as follows:
.Bd -literal
@@ -558,8 +556,8 @@ struct ptrace_xstate_info {
.Ed
The
.Dv xsave_mask
-field is the bitmask of the currently enabled extensions.
-The meaning of the bits is defined by the Intel and AMD
+field is a bitmask of the currently enabled extensions.
+The meaning of the bits is defined in the Intel and AMD
processor documentation.
The
.Dv xsave_len
@@ -573,10 +571,10 @@ The
argument value must be equal to the size of the
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info .
.It Dv PT_GETXSTATE
-Returns the content of the XSAVE area for the thread.
+Return the content of the XSAVE area for the thread.
The
.Fa addr
-argument points to the buffer where the content is copied, the
+argument points to the buffer where the content is copied, and the
.Fa data
argument specifies the size of the buffer.
The kernel copies out as much content as allowed by the buffer size.
@@ -590,8 +588,12 @@ pointer.
The buffer size is passed in the
.Fa data
argument.
-The buffer must be at least as large to allow the x87 FPU and XMM state,
-but not large than the XSAVE state length, as reported by the
+The buffer must be at least as large as the
+.Vt struct savefpu
+(defined in
+.Pa x86/fpu.h )
+to allow the complete x87 FPU and XMM state load.
+It must not be larger than the XSAVE state length, as reported by the
.Dv xsave_len
field from the
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info
@@ -602,26 +604,28 @@ Layout of the buffer is identical to the layout of the load area for the
.Dv XRSTOR
machine instruction.
.It Dv PT_GETFSBASE
-The request returns the value of base used when doing segmented
+Return the value of the base used when doing segmented
memory addressing using the %fs segment register.
The
.Fa addr
-argument points to the
+argument points to an
.Vt unsigned long
-variable which gets the base value.
+variable where the base value is stored.
.Pp
The
.Fa data
argument is ignored.
.It Dv PT_GETGSBASE
-Same as the
+Like the
.Dv PT_GETFSBASE
request, but returns the base for the %gs segment register.
.It Dv PT_SETFSBASE
-Sets the base for the %fs segment register to the value pointed
+Set the base for the %fs segment register to the value pointed to
by the
.Fa addr
-argument, which must point to the
+argument.
+.Fa addr
+must point to the
.Vt unsigned long
variable containing the new base.
.Pp
@@ -629,27 +633,25 @@ The
.Fa data
argument is ignored.
.It Dv PT_SETGSBASE
-Same as the
+Like the
.Dv PT_SETFSBASE
-request, but allows setting the base for the %gs segment register.
+request, but sets the base for the %gs segment register.
.El
.Sh PowerPC MACHINE-SPECIFIC REQUESTS
.Bl -tag -width "Dv PT_SETVRREGS"
.It Dv PT_GETVRREGS
-Returns the
+Return the thread's
.Dv ALTIVEC
-machine state for the thread into the buffer pointed to by
-the argument
+machine state in the buffer pointed to by
.Fa addr .
.Pp
The
.Fa data
argument is ignored.
.It Dv PT_SETVRREGS
-Set the
+Set the thread's
.Dv ALTIVEC
-machine state for the thread from the buffer pointed to by
-the argument
+machine state from the buffer pointed to by
.Fa addr .
.Pp
The
@@ -719,24 +721,36 @@ was less than or equal to zero, or larger than the
structure known to the kernel.
.It
The size (in
-.Fa data)
+.Fa data )
provided to the x86-specific
.Dv PT_GETXSTATE_INFO
request was not equal to the size of the
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info .
.It
The size (in
-.Fa data)
+.Fa data )
+provided to the x86-specific
+.Dv PT_SETXSTATE
+request was less than the size of the x87 plus the XMM save area.
+.It
+The size (in
+.Fa data )
provided to the x86-specific
.Dv PT_SETXSTATE
-request was less than the size of the x87 + XMM save area,
-or larger than returned in the
+request was larger than returned in the
.Dv xsave_len
member of the
.Vt struct ptrace_xstate_info
from the
.Dv PT_GETXSTATE_INFO
request.
+.It
+The base value, provided to the amd64-specific requests
+.Dv PT_SETFSBASE
+or
+.Dv PT_SETGSBASE ,
+pointed outside of the valid user address space.
+This error will not occur in 32-bit programs.
.El
.It Bq Er EBUSY
.Bl -bullet -compact
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