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KVM_GETPCPU(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		KVM_GETPCPU(3)

NAME
     kvm_dpcpu_setcpu, kvm_getmaxcpu, kvm_getpcpu -- access per-CPU data

LIBRARY
     Kernel Data Access	Library	(libkvm, -lkvm)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/pcpu.h>
     #include <sys/sysctl.h>
     #include <kvm.h>

     int
     kvm_dpcpu_setcpu(kvm_t *kd, u_int cpu);

     int
     kvm_getmaxcpu(kvm_t *kd);

     int
     kvm_getncpus(kvm_t	*kd);

     void *
     kvm_getpcpu(kvm_t *kd, int	cpu);

     ssize_t
     kvm_read_zpcpu(kvm_t *kd, u_long base, void *buf, size_t size, int	cpu);

     uint64_t
     kvm_counter_u64_fetch(kvm_t *kd, u_long base);

DESCRIPTION
     The kvm_dpcpu_setcpu(), kvm_getmaxcpu(), and kvm_getpcpu()	functions are
     used to access the	per-CPU	data of	active processors in the kernel	indi-
     cated by kd.  Per-CPU storage comes in two	flavours: data stored directly
     in	a struct pcpu associated with each CPU,	and dynamic per-CPU storage
     (DPCPU), in which a single	kernel symbol refers to	different data depend-
     ing on what CPU it	is accessed from.

     The kvm_getmaxcpu() function returns the maximum number of	CPUs supported
     by	the kernel.

     The kvm_getncpus()	function returns the current number of CPUs in the
     kernel.

     The kvm_getpcpu() function	returns	a buffer holding the per-CPU data for
     a single CPU.  This buffer	is described by	the struct pcpu	type.  The
     caller is responsible for releasing the buffer via	a call to free(3) when
     it	is no longer needed.  If cpu is	not active, then NULL is returned in-
     stead.

     The kvm_read_zpcpu() function is used to obtain private per-CPU copy from
     a UMA_ZONE_PCPU zone(9).  It takes	base argument as base address of an
     allocation	and copyies size bytes into buf	from the part of allocation
     that is private to	cpu.

     The kvm_counter_u64_fetch() function fetches value	of a counter(9)
     pointed by	base address.

     Symbols for dynamic per-CPU data are accessed via kvm_nlist(3) as with
     other symbols.  libkvm maintains a	notion of the "current CPU", set by
     kvm_dpcpu_setcpu(), which defaults	to 0.  Once another CPU	is selected,
     kvm_nlist(3) will return pointers to that data on the appropriate CPU.

CACHING
     kvm_getmaxcpu() and kvm_getpcpu() cache the nlist values for various ker-
     nel variables which are reused in successive calls.  You may call either
     function with kd set to NULL to clear this	cache.

RETURN VALUES
     On	success, the kvm_getmaxcpu() function returns the maximum number of
     CPUs supported by the kernel.  If an error	occurs,	it returns -1 instead.

     On	success, the kvm_getpcpu() function returns a pointer to an allocated
     buffer or NULL.  If an error occurs, it returns -1	instead.

     On	success, the kvm_dpcpu_setcpu()	call returns 0;	if an error occurs, it
     returns -1	instead.

     On	success, the kvm_read_zpcpu() function returns number of bytes copied.
     If	an error occurs, it returns -1 instead.

     If	any function encounters	an error, then an error	message	may be re-
     trieved via kvm_geterr(3).

SEE ALSO
     free(3), kvm(3), counter(9), zone(9)

BSD				March 15, 2017				   BSD
NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | CACHING | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO

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