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libkvm(3LIB)

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also

Name

libkvm– Kernel Virtual Memory access library

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... -lkvm [ library ... ]
#include <kvm.h>

Description

Functions in this library provide application access to kernel symbols, addresses and values. The individual functions are documented in Section 3KVM of the reference manual.

INTERFACES

The shared object libkvm.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

kvm_close	kvm_getcmd
kvm_getproc	kvm_getu
kvm_kread	kvm_kwrite
kvm_nextproc	kvm_nlist
kvm_open	kvm_read
kvm_setproc	kvm_uread
kvm_uwrite	kvm_write

Files

/usr/lib/libkvm.so.1

shared object

/usr/lib/64/libkvm.so.1

64-bit shared object

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsl (32–bit)
	SUNWcslx (64–bit)
Interface Stability	kvm_read() and kvm_write() are Obsolete; the remaining functions are Stable.
MT-Level	Unsafe

See Also

pvs(1), Intro(3), attributes(5)

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also