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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
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+.\" from: @(#)fork.2 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/10/91
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd September 20, 1993
+.Dt I386_GET_LDT 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm i386_get_ldt ,
+.Nm i386_set_ldt
+.Nd manage i386 per-process Local Descriptor Table entries
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In machine/segments.h
+.In machine/sysarch.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn i386_get_ldt "int start_sel" "union descriptor *descs" "int num_sels"
+.Ft int
+.Fn i386_set_ldt "int start_sel" "union descriptor *descs" "int num_sels"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn i386_get_ldt
+will return the list of i386 descriptors that the process has in its
+LDT.
+.Fn i386_set_ldt
+will set a list of i386 descriptors for the current process in its
+LDT.
+Both routines accept a starting selector number
+.Fa start_sel ,
+an array of memory that
+will contain the descriptors to be set or returned
+.Fa descs ,
+and the number of entries to set or return
+.Fa num_sels .
+.Pp
+The argument
+.Fa descs
+can be either segment_descriptor or gate_descriptor and are defined in
+.Aq Pa i386/segments.h .
+These structures are defined by the architecture
+as disjoint bit-fields, so care must be taken in constructing them.
+.Pp
+Note that you must have
+.Dq options USER_LDT
+in your kernel configuration file to use these functions.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion,
+.Fn i386_get_ldt
+returns the number of descriptors currently in the LDT.
+.Fn i386_set_ldt
+returns the first selector set.
+Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global
+variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn i386_get_ldt
+and
+.Fn i386_set_ldt
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+An inappropriate parameter was used for
+.Fa start_sel
+or
+.Fa num_sels .
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+The caller attempted to use a descriptor that would
+circumvent protection or cause a failure.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+i386 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual, Intel
+.Sh WARNING
+You can really hose your process using this.
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