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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmmap.3')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmmap.3 b/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmmap.3 index f0e76d9..0f12b67 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmmap.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmmap.3 @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ .In sys/types.h .In libutil.h .Ft struct kinfo_vmentry * -.Fn kinfo_getfile "pid_t pid" "int *cntp" +.Fn kinfo_getvmmap "pid_t pid" "int *cntp" .Sh DESCRIPTION -This function is used for obtaining the file descriptor information +This function is used for obtaining virtual memory mapping information of a particular process. .Pp The @@ -58,15 +58,20 @@ mib. While the kernel returns a packed structure, this function expands the data into a fixed record format. .Sh RETURN VALUES -The +On success the .Fn kinfo_getvmmap function returns a pointer to an array of .Vt struct kinfo_vmentry -structures. +structures as defined by +.In sys/user.h . The array was obtained by an internal call to .Xr malloc 3 and must be freed by the caller with a call to .Xr free 3 . +On failure the +.Fn kinfo_getvmmap +function returns +.Dv NULL . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr free 3 , .Xr kinfo_getfile 3 , |
