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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3 index bb53858..c49bd3a 100644 --- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3 +++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3 @@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ .Ft int .Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl" .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Fn kvm_nlist -retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument +function retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument .Fa \&nl . This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by an entry whose n_name field is @@ -62,10 +63,11 @@ 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. .Pp +The .Xr kldsym 2 -is used to locate the symbol. This is a less than perfect emulation -of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel modules -and is reasonably fast. +system call is used to locate the symbol. This is a less than perfect +emulation of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel +modules and is reasonably fast. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn kvm_nlist |
