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KVM_GETPROCS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual KVM_GETPROCS(3) NAME kvm_getprocs, kvm_getargv, kvm_getenvv -- access user process state LIBRARY Kernel Data Access Library (libkvm, -lkvm) SYNOPSIS #include <kvm.h> #include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/sysctl.h> #include <sys/user.h> struct kinfo_proc * kvm_getprocs(kvm_t *kd, int op, int arg, int *cnt); char ** kvm_getargv(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc *p, int nchr); char ** kvm_getenvv(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc *p, int nchr); DESCRIPTION The kvm_getprocs() function returns a (sub-)set of active processes in the kernel indicated by kd. The op and arg arguments constitute a predi- cate which limits the set of processes returned. The value of op de- scribes the filtering predicate as follows: KERN_PROC_ALL all processes and kernel visible threads KERN_PROC_PROC all processes, without threads KERN_PROC_PID processes with process ID arg KERN_PROC_PGRP processes with process group arg KERN_PROC_SESSION processes with session arg KERN_PROC_TTY processes with TTY arg KERN_PROC_UID processes with effective user ID arg KERN_PROC_RUID processes with real user ID arg KERN_PROC_INC_THREAD modifier to return all kernel visible threads when filtering by process ID, process group, TTY, user ID, and real user ID The number of processes found is returned in the reference parameter cnt. The processes are returned as a contiguous array of kinfo_proc struc- tures. This memory is locally allocated, and subsequent calls to kvm_getprocs() and kvm_close() will overwrite this storage. The kvm_getargv() function returns a null-terminated argument vector that corresponds to the command line arguments passed to process indicated by p. Most likely, these arguments correspond to the values passed to exec(3) on process creation. This information is, however, deliberately under control of the process itself. Note that the original command name can be found, unaltered, in the p_comm field of the process structure re- turned by kvm_getprocs(). The nchr argument indicates the maximum number of characters, including null bytes, to use in building the strings. If this amount is exceeded, the string causing the overflow is truncated and the partial result is returned. This is handy for programs like ps(1) and w(1) that print only a one line summary of a command and should not copy out large amounts of text only to ignore it. If nchr is zero, no limit is imposed and all ar- gument strings are returned in their entirety. The memory allocated to the argv pointers and string storage is owned by the kvm library. Subsequent kvm_getprocs() and kvm_close(3) calls will clobber this storage. The kvm_getenvv() function is similar to kvm_getargv() but returns the vector of environment strings. This data is also alterable by the process. RETURN VALUES The kvm_getprocs(), kvm_getargv(), and kvm_getenvv() functions return NULL on failure. BUGS These routines do not belong in the kvm interface. SEE ALSO kvm(3), kvm_close(3), kvm_geterr(3), kvm_nlist(3), kvm_open(3), kvm_openfiles(3), kvm_read(3), kvm_write(3) BSD September 27, 2003 BSD
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