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KVM_NLIST(3)          DragonFly Library Functions Manual          KVM_NLIST(3)


NAME

     kvm_nlist -- retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image


LIBRARY

     Kernel Data Access Library (libkvm, -lkvm)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <kvm.h>

     int
     kvm_nlist(kvm_t *kd, struct nlist *nl);


DESCRIPTION

     kvm_nlist() retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list
     argument nl.  This argument points to an array of nlist structures, ter-
     minated by an entry whose n_name field is NULL (see nlist(3)).  Each sym-
     bol 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.

     kldsym(2) is used to locate the symbol.  This is a less than perfect emu-
     lation of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel
     modules and is reasonably fast.


RETURN VALUES

     The kvm_nlist() function returns the number of invalid entries found.  If
     the kernel symbol table was unreadable, -1 is returned.


SEE ALSO

     kldsym(2), kvm(3), kvm_close(3), kvm_getargv(3), kvm_getenvv(3),
     kvm_geterr(3), kvm_getprocs(3), kvm_open(3), kvm_openfiles(3),
     kvm_read(3), kvm_write(3)

DragonFly 3.5                    June 4, 1993                    DragonFly 3.5

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