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14 .Dd May 08, 2016
15 .Dt LIBPROC 3LIB
16 .Os
17 .Sh NAME
18 .Nm libproc
19 .Nd process control library
20 .Sh SYNOPSIS
21 .Lb libproc
22 .In libproc.h
23 .Sh DESCRIPTION
24 The
25 .Nm
26 library provides consumers a general series of interfaces to inspect
27 and control both live processes and core files. It is intended for
28 introspection tools such as debuggers by providing a high-level
29 interface to the /proc file system
30 .Pf ( Xr proc 4 ) .
31 .Pp
32 The
33 .Nm
34 library provides interfaces that focus on:
35 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
36 .It
37 Creating and attaching to live process, core files, and arbitrary ELF
38 objects.
39 .It
40 Interrogating the state of a process or core file.
41 .It
42 Manipulating the current state of a process or thread.
43 .It
44 Interrogating the state of threads of a process or core file.
45 .It
46 Running system calls in the context of another process.
47 .It
48 Various utilities for iterating process and core file file descriptors,
49 mappings, symbols, and more.
50 .It
51 Various utilities to support debugging tools.
52 .El
53 .Ss Live Processes
54 The
55 .Nm
56 library can be used to manipulate running processes and to create new
57 ones. To manipulate an existing process first
58 .Em grab
59 it with the
60 .Em Pgrab
61 function. A process is generally stopped as a side effect of grabbing
62 it. Callers must exercise caution, as if they do not use the library
63 correctly, or they terminate unexpectedly, a process may remain
64 stopped.
65 .Pp
66 Unprivileged users may only grab their own processes. Users with the
67 privilege
68 .Sy PRIV_PROC_OWNER
69 may manipulate processes that they do not own; however, additional
70 restrictions as described in
71 .Xr privileges 5
72 apply.
73 .Pp
74 In addition, the
75 .Fn Pcreate
76 and
77 .Fn Pxcreate
78 functions may be used to create processes which are always controlled by
79 the library.
80 .Ss Core Files
81 The
82 .Nm
83 library has the ability to open and interpret core files produced by
84 processes on the system. Process core dump generation is controlled by
85 the
86 .Xr coreadm 1M
87 command. In addition, the library has the ability to understand and
88 interpret core dumps generated by Linux kernel and can provide a subset
89 of its functionality on such core files, provided the original binary is
90 also present.
91 .Pp
92 Not all functions in the
93 .Nm
94 library are valid for core files. In general, none of the commands
95 which manipulate the current state of a process or thread or that try
96 to force system calls on a victim process will work. Furthermore
97 several of the information and iteration interfaces are limited based
98 on the data that is available in the core file. For example, if the
99 core file is of a process that omits the frame pointer, the ability to
100 iterate the stack will be limited.
101 .Pp
102 Use the
103 .Fn Pgrab_core
104 or
105 .Fn Pfgrab_core
106 function to open a core file. Use the
107 .Fn Pgrab_file
108 function to open an ELF object file.
109 This is useful for obtaining information stored in ELF headers and
110 sections.
111 .Ss Debug Information
112 Many of the operations in the library rely on debug information being
113 present in a process and its associated libraries. The library
114 leverages symbol table information, CTF data
115 .Pf ( Xr CTF 4 )
116 sections, and frame unwinding information based on the use of an ABI
117 defined frame pointer, eg.
118 .Sy %ebp
119 and
120 .Sy %rbp
121 on x86 systems.
122 .Pp
123 Some software providers strip programs of this information or build
124 their executables such that the information will not be present in a
125 core dump. To deal with this fact, the library is able to consume
126 information that is not present in the core file or the running
127 process. It can both consume it from the underlying executable and it
128 also supports finding it from related ELF objects that are linked to
129 it via the
130 .Sy .gnu_debuglink
131 and the
132 .Sy .note.gnu.build-id
133 ELF sections.
134 .Ss Iteration Interfaces
135 The
136 .Nm
137 library provides the ability to iterate over the following aspects of a
138 process or core file:
139 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
140 .It
141 Active threads
142 .It
143 Active and zombie threads
144 .It
145 All non-system processes
146 .It
147 All process mappings
148 .It
149 All objects in a process
150 .It
151 The environment
152 .It
153 The symbol table
154 .It
155 Stack frames
156 .It
157 File Descriptors
158 .El
159 .Ss System Call Injection
160 The
161 .Nm
162 library allows the caller to force system calls to be executed in the
163 context of the running process. This can be used both as a tool for
164 introspection, allowing one to get information outside its current
165 context as well as performing modifications to a process.
166 .Pp
167 These functions run in the context of the calling process. This is
168 often an easier way of getting non-exported information about a
169 process from the system. For example, the
170 .Xr pfiles 1
171 command uses this interface to get more detailed information about a
172 process's open file descriptors, which it would not have access to
173 otherwise.
174 .Sh INTERFACES
175 The shared object
176 .Sy libproc.so.1
177 provides the public interfaces defined below. See
178 .Xr Intro 3
179 for additional information on shared object interfaces. Functions are
180 organized into categories that describe their purpose. Individual
181 functions are documented in their own manual pages.
182 .Ss Creation, Grabbing, and Releasing
183 The following routines are related to creating library handles,
184 grabbing cores, processes, and threads, and releasing those resources.
185 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
186 .It Sy Lfree Ta Sy Lgrab
187 .It Sy Lgrab_error Ta Sy Pcreate
188 .It Sy Pcreate_agent Ta Sy Pcreate_callback
189 .It Sy Pcreate_error Ta Sy Pdestroy_agent
190 .It Sy Pfgrab_core Ta Sy Pfree
191 .It Sy Pgrab Ta Sy Pgrab_core
192 .It Sy Pgrab_error Ta Sy Pgrab_file
193 .It Sy Pgrab_ops Ta Sy Prelease
194 .It Sy Preopen Ta Sy Pxcreate
195 .El
196 .Ss Process interrogation and manipulation
197 The following routines obtain information about a process and allow
198 manipulation of the process itself.
199 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
200 .It Sy Paddr_to_ctf Ta Sy Paddr_to_loadobj
201 .It Sy Paddr_to_map Ta Sy Paddr_to_text_map
202 .It Sy Pasfd Ta Sy Pclearfault
203 .It Sy Pclearsig Ta Sy Pcontent
204 .It Sy Pcred Ta Sy Pctlfd
205 .It Sy Pdelbkpt Ta Sy Pdelwapt
206 .It Sy Pdstop Ta Sy Pexecname
207 .It Sy Pfault Ta Sy Pfgcore
208 .It Sy Pgcore Ta Sy Pgetareg
209 .It Sy Pgetauxval Ta Sy Pgetauxvec
210 .It Sy Pgetenv Ta Sy Pisprocdir
211 .It Sy Pissyscall_prev Ta Sy Plmid
212 .It Sy Plmid_to_loadobj Ta Sy Plmid_to_map
213 .It Sy Plookup_by_addr Ta Sy Plookup_by_name
214 .It Sy Plwp_alt_stack Ta Sy Plwp_getfpregs
215 .It Sy Plwp_getpsinfo Ta Sy Plwp_getregs
216 .It Sy Plwp_getspymaster Ta Sy Plwp_main_stack
217 .It Sy Plwp_setfpregs Ta Sy Plwp_setregs
218 .It Sy Plwp_stack Ta Sy Pname_to_ctf
219 .It Sy Pname_to_loadobj Ta Sy Pname_to_map
220 .It Sy Pobjname Ta Sy Pobjname_resolved
221 .It Sy Pplatform Ta Sy Ppltdest
222 .It Sy Ppriv Ta Sy Ppsinfo
223 .It Sy Pputareg Ta Sy Prd_agent
224 .It Sy Pread Ta Sy Pread_string
225 .It Sy Preset_maps Ta Sy Psetbkpt
226 .It Sy Psecflags Ta Sy Psetcred
227 .It Sy Psetfault Ta Sy Psetflags
228 .It Sy Psetpriv Ta Sy Psetrun
229 .It Sy Psetsignal Ta Sy Psetsysentry
230 .It Sy Psetsysexit Ta Sy Psetwapt
231 .It Sy Psetzoneid Ta Sy Psignal
232 .It Sy Pstate Ta Sy Pstatus
233 .It Sy Pstop Ta Sy Pstopstatus
234 .It Sy Psync Ta Sy Psysentry
235 .It Sy Psysexit Ta Sy Puname
236 .It Sy Punsetflags Ta Sy Pupdate_maps
237 .It Sy Pupdate_syms Ta Sy Pwait
238 .It Sy Pwrite Ta Sy Pxecbkpt
239 .It Sy Pxecwapt Ta Sy Pxlookup_by_addr
240 .It Sy Pxlookup_by_addr_resolved Ta Sy Pxlookup_by_name
241 .It Sy Pzonename Ta Sy Pzonepath
242 .It Sy Pzoneroot Ta
243 .El
244 .Ss Thread interrogation and manipulation
245 The following routines obtain information about a thread and allow
246 manipulation of the thread itself.
247 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
248 .It Sy Lalt_stack Ta Sy Lclearfault
249 .It Sy Lclearsig Ta Sy Lctlfd
250 .It Sy Ldstop Ta Sy Lgetareg
251 .It Sy Lmain_stack Ta Sy Lprochandle
252 .It Sy Lpsinfo Ta Sy Lputareg
253 .It Sy Lsetrun Ta Sy Lstack
254 .It Sy Lstate Ta Sy Lstatus
255 .It Sy Lstop Ta Sy Lsync
256 .It Sy Lwait Ta Sy Lxecbkpt
257 .It Sy Lxecwapt Ta ""
258 .El
259 .Ss System Call Injection
260 The following routines are used to inject specific system calls and have
261 them run in the context of a process.
262 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
263 .It Sy pr_access Ta Sy pr_close
264 .It Sy pr_creat Ta Sy pr_door_info
265 .It Sy pr_exit Ta Sy pr_fcntl
266 .It Sy pr_fstat Ta Sy pr_fstat64
267 .It Sy pr_fstatvfs Ta Sy pr_getitimer
268 .It Sy pr_getpeername Ta Sy pr_getpeerucred
269 .It Sy pr_getprojid Ta Sy pr_getrctl
270 .It Sy pr_getrlimit Ta Sy pr_getrlimit64
271 .It Sy pr_getsockname Ta Sy pr_getsockopt
272 .It Sy pr_gettaskid Ta Sy pr_getzoneid
273 .It Sy pr_ioctl Ta Sy pr_link
274 .It Sy pr_llseek Ta Sy pr_lseek
275 .It Sy pr_lstat Ta Sy pr_lstat64
276 .It Sy pr_memcntl Ta Sy pr_meminfo
277 .It Sy pr_mmap Ta Sy pr_munmap
278 .It Sy pr_open Ta Sy pr_processor_bind
279 .It Sy pr_rename Ta Sy pr_setitimer
280 .It Sy pr_setrctl Ta Sy pr_setrlimit
281 .It Sy pr_setrlimit64 Ta Sy pr_settaskid
282 .It Sy pr_sigaction Ta Sy pr_stat
283 .It Sy pr_stat64 Ta Sy pr_statvfs
284 .It Sy pr_unlink Ta Sy pr_waitid
285 .El
286 .Ss Iteration routines
287 These routines are used to iterate over the contents of a process.
288 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
289 .It Sy Penv_iter Ta Sy Plwp_iter
290 .It Sy Plwp_iter_all Ta Sy Pmapping_iter
291 .It Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved Ta Sy Pobject_iter
292 .It Sy Pobject_iter_resolved Ta Sy Pstack_iter
293 .It Sy Psymbol_iter Ta Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr
294 .It Sy Psymbol_iter_by_lmid Ta Sy Psymbol_iter_by_name
295 .It Sy Pxsymbol_iter Ta Sy Pfdinfo_iter
296 .El
297 .Ss Utility routines
298 The following routines are utilities that are useful to consumers of the
299 library.
300 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
301 .It Sy Perror_printf Ta Sy proc_arg_grab
302 .It Sy proc_arg_psinfo Ta Sy proc_arg_xgrab
303 .It Sy proc_arg_xpsinfo Ta Sy proc_content2str
304 .It Sy proc_finistdio Ta Sy proc_fltname
305 .It Sy proc_fltset2str Ta Sy proc_flushstdio
306 .It Sy proc_get_auxv Ta Sy proc_get_cred
307 .It Sy proc_get_priv Ta Sy proc_get_psinfo
308 .It Sy proc_get_status Ta Sy proc_initstdio
309 .It Sy proc_lwp_in_set Ta Sy proc_lwp_range_valid
310 .It Sy proc_signame Ta Sy proc_sigset2str
311 .It Sy proc_str2content Ta Sy proc_str2flt
312 .It Sy proc_str2fltset Ta Sy proc_str2sig
313 .It Sy proc_str2sigset Ta Sy proc_str2sys
314 .It Sy proc_str2sysset Ta Sy proc_sysname
315 .It Sy proc_sysset2str Ta Sy proc_unctrl_psinfo
316 .It Sy proc_walk Ta ""
317 .El
318 .Ss x86 Specific Routines
319 The following routines are specific to the x86, 32-bit and 64-bit,
320 versions of the
321 .Nm
322 library.
323 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
324 .It Sy Pldt Ta Sy proc_get_ldt
325 .El
326 .Ss SPARC specific Routines
327 The following functions are specific to the SPARC, 32-bit and 64-bit,
328 versions of the
329 .Nm
330 library.
331 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
332 .It Sy Plwp_getgwindows Ta Sy Plwp_getxregs
333 .It Sy Plwp_setxregs Ta Sy ""
334 .El
335 .Pp
336 The following functions are specific to the 64-bit SPARC version of the
337 .Nm
338 library.
339 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Pmapping_iter_resolved" ".Sy Psymbol_iter_by_addr"
340 .It Sy Plwp_getasrs Ta Sy Plwp_setasrs
341 .El
342 .Sh PROCESS STATES
343 Every process handle that exists in
344 .Nm
345 has a state. In some cases, such as for core files, these states are
346 static. In other cases, such as handles that correspond to a
347 running process or a created process, these states are dynamic and
348 change based on actions taken in the library. The state can be obtained
349 with the
350 .Xr Pstate 3PROC
351 function.
352 .Pp
353 The various states are:
354 .Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent
355 .It Dv PS_RUN
356 An actively running process. This may be a process that was obtained
357 by creating it with functions such as
358 .Xr Pcreate 3PROC
359 or by grabbing an existing process such as
360 .Xr Pgrab 3PROC .
361 .It Dv PS_STOP
362 An active process that is no longer executing. A process may stop for
363 many reasons such as an explicit stop request (through
364 .Xr pstop 1
365 for example) or if a tracing event is hit.
366 .Pp
367 The reason a process is stopped may be obtained through the thread's
368 .Sy lwpstatus_t
369 structure read directly from /proc or obtained through the
370 .Xr Lstatus 3PROC
371 function.
372 .It Dv PS_LOST
373 Control over the process has been lost. This may happen when the
374 process executes a new image requiring a different set of privileges.
375 To resume control call
376 .Xr Preopen 3PROC . For more information on losing control of a process,
377 see
378 .Xr proc 4 .
379 .It DV PS_UNDEAD
380 A zombie process. It has terminated, but it has not been cleaned up
381 yet by its parent. For more on the conditions of becoming a zombie,
382 see
383 .Xr exec 2 .
384 .It DV_PS_DEAD
385 Processes in this state are always core files. See the earlier section
386 .Sx Core Files
387 for more information on working with core files.
388 .It Dv PS_IDLE
389 A process that has never been run. This is always the case for handles
390 that refer to files as the files cannot be executed. Those process
391 handles are obtained through calling
392 .Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC .
393 .El
394 .Pp
395 Many functions relating to tracing processes, for example
396 .Xr Psignal 3PROC ,
397 .Xr Psetsignal 3PROC ,
398 .Xr Psetfault 3PROC ,
399 .Xr Psetentry 3PROC ,
400 and others, mention that they only act upon
401 .Em Active Processes .
402 This specifically refers to processes whose state are in
403 .Dv PS_RUN
404 and
405 .Dv PS_STOP .
406 Process handles in the other states have no notion of settable tracing
407 flags, though core files
408 .Pf ( type Dv PS_DEAD ) ,
409 =======
410 may have a read-only snapshot of their tracing settings available.
411 .Sh TYPES
412 The
413 .Nm
414 library uses many types that come from the /proc file system
415 .Pf ( Xr proc 4 )
416 and the ELF format
417 .Pf ( Xr elf 3ELF ) .
418 However, it also defines the following types:
419 .Pp
420 .Sy struct ps_prochandle
421 .Pp
422 The
423 .Sy struct ps_prochandle
424 is an opaque handle to the library and the core element of control for a
425 process. Consumers obtain pointers to a handle through the use of the
426 .Fn Pcreate ,
427 .Fn Pgrab ,
428 and related functions. When a caller is done with a handle, then it
429 should call one of the
430 .Fn Pfree
431 and
432 .Fn Prelease
433 functions to relinquish the handle, release associated resources, and
434 potentially set the process to run again.
435 .Pp
436 .Sy struct ps_lwphandle
437 .Pp
438 The
439 .Sy struct ps_lwphandle
440 is analogous to the
441 .Sy struct ps_prochandle ,
442 but it represents the control of an individual thread, rather than a
443 process. Consumers obtain pointers to a handle through the
444 .Fn Lgrab
445 function and relinquish it with the
446 .Fn Lfree
447 function.
448 .Pp
449 .Sy core_content_t
450 .Pp
451 The
452 .Sy core_content_t
453 is a value which describes the various content types of core files.
454 These are used in functions such as
455 .Xr Pcontent 3PROC
456 and
457 .Xr Pgcore 3PROC
458 to describe and control the types of content that get included. Various
459 content types may be included together through a bitwise-inclusive-OR.
460 The default system core contents are controlled with the
461 .Xr coreadm 1M
462 tool. The following table lists the current set of core contents in the
463 system, though the set may increase over time. The string after the
464 macro is the human readable string that corresponds with the constant
465 and is used by
466 .Xr coreadm 1M ,
467 .Xr proc_content2str 3PROC ,
468 and
469 .Xr proc_str2content 3PROC .
470 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
471 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_STACK ("stack")
472 The contents include the process stack. Note, this only covers the main
473 thread's stack. The stack of other threads is covered by
474 .Dv CC_CONTENT_ANON .
475 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_HEAP ("heap")
476 The contents include the process heap.
477 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_SHFILE ("shfile")
478 The contents include shared mappings that are backed by files (e.g.
479 mapped through
480 .Xr mmap 2
481 with the
482 .Dv MAP_SHARED
483 flag).
484 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_SHANNON ("shannon")
485 The contents include shared mappings that are backed by anonymous memory
486 (e.g. mapped through
487 .Xr mmap 2
488 with the
489 .Dv MAP_SHARED
490 and
491 .Dv MAP_ANON
492 flags).
493 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_RODATA ("rodata")
494 The contents include private read-only file mappings, such as shared
495 library text.
496 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_ANON ("anon")
497 The contents include private anonymous mappings. This includes the
498 stacks of threads which are not the main thread.
499 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_SHM ("shm")
500 The contents include system V shared memory.
501 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_ISM ("ism")
502 The contents include ISM (intimate shared memory) mappings.
503 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_DISM ("dism")
504 The contents include DISM (dynamic shared memory) mappings.
505 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_CTF ("ctf")
506 The contents include
507 .Xr ctf 4
508 (Compact C Type Format) information. Note, not all objects in the
509 process may have CTF information available.
510 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_SYMTAB ("symtab")
511 The contents include the symbol table. Note, not all objects in the
512 process may have a symbol table available.
513 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_ALL ("all")
514 This value indicates that all of the above content values are present.
515 Note that additional values may be added in the future, in which case
516 the value of the symbol will be updated to include them. Comparisons
517 with
518 .Dv CC_CONTENT_ALL
519 should validate all the expected bits are set by an expression such as
520 .Li (c & CC_CONTENT_ALL) == CC_CONTENT_ALL .
521 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_NONE ("none")
522 This value indicates that there is no content present.
523 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_DEFAULT ("default")
524 The content includes the following set of default values:
525 .Dv CC_CONTENT_STACK ,
526 .Dv CC_CONTENT_HEAP ,
527 .Dv CC_CONTENT_ISM ,
528 .Dv CC_CONTENT_DISM ,
529 .Dv CC_CONTENT_SHM ,
530 .Dv CC_CONTENT_SHANON ,
531 .Dv CC_CONTENT_TEXT ,
532 .Dv CC_CONTENT_DATA ,
533 .Dv CC_CONTENT_RODATA ,
534 .Dv CC_CONTENT_ANON ,
535 .Dv CC_CONTENT_CTF ,
536 and
537 .Dv CC_CONTENT_SYMTAB.
538 Note that the default may change. Comparisons with CC_CONTENT_DEFAULT
539 should validate that all of the expected bits are set with an expression
540 such as
541 .Li (c\ &\ CC_CONTENT_DEFAULT)\ ==\ CC_CONTENT_DEFAULT.
542 .It Dv CC_CONTENT_INVALID
543 This indicates that the contents are invalid.
544 .El
545 .Pp
546 .Sy prfdinfo_t
547 .Pp
548 The
549 .Sy prfdinfo_t
550 structure is used with the
551 .Fn Pfdinfo_iter
552 function which describes information about a file descriptor. The
553 structure is defined as follows:
554 .Bd -literal
555 typedef struct prfdinfo {
556 int pr_fd;
557 mode_t pr_mode;
558 uid_t pr_uid;
559 gid_t pr_gid;
560 major_t pr_major; /* think stat.st_dev */
561 minor_t pr_minor;
562 major_t pr_rmajor; /* think stat.st_rdev */
563 minor_t pr_rminor;
564 ino64_t pr_ino;
565 off64_t pr_offset;
566 off64_t pr_size;
567 int pr_fileflags; /* fcntl(F_GETXFL), etc */
568 int pr_fdflags; /* fcntl(F_GETFD), etc. */
569 char pr_path[MAXPATHLEN];
570 } prfdinfo_t;
571 .Ed
572 .Pp
573 The structure has similar information to that found in the
574 .Sy stat
575 structure that's used as part of the stat family of system calls,
576 defined in
577 .Xr stat 2 .
578 The member
579 .Sy pr_fd
580 contains the number of the file descriptor of the file. The members
581 .Sy pr_mode ,
582 .Sy pr_uid ,
583 .Sy pr_gid ,
584 .Sy pr_ino ,
585 and
586 .Sy pr_size
587 are the same as the members
588 .Sy st_mode ,
589 .Sy st_uid ,
590 .Sy st_gid ,
591 .Sy st_ino ,
592 and
593 .Sy st_size
594 in the
595 .Sy stat
596 structure.
597 .Pp
598 The
599 .Sy pr_major
600 and
601 .Sy pr_minor
602 members contain the major and minor numbers of the device containing the
603 directory for this file. This is similar to the
604 .Sy st_dev
605 member of the
606 .Sy stat
607 structure, except that it is broken out into its major and minor components.
608 The
609 .Sy pr_rmajor
610 and
611 .Sy pr_rminor
612 members are similar in spirit to
613 .Sy pr_major
614 and
615 .Sy pr_minor ;
616 however, they are equivalent to the
617 .Sy st_rdev
618 member of the
619 .Sy stat
620 structure and thus have meaning for special character and block files.
621 .Pp
622 The
623 .Sy pr_offset
624 member contains the current seek offset of the file descriptor. The
625 .Sy pr_fileflags
626 and
627 .Sy pr_fdflags
628 members contain the flags that would have been returned by a call to
629 .Xr fcntl 2
630 with the arguments
631 .Dv F_GETXFL
632 and
633 .Dv F_GETFD
634 respectively.
635 .Pp
636 .Sy prsyminfo_t
637 .Pp
638 The
639 .Sy prsyminfo_t
640 structure is used with the various symbol look up functions
641 .Fn Pxlookup_by_name ,
642 .Fn Pxlookup_by_addr ,
643 and
644 .Fn Pxlookup_by_addr_resolved
645 which describes additional information about a symbol.
646 The structure is defined as follows:
647 .Bd -literal
648 typedef struct prsyminfo {
649 const char *prs_object; /* object name */
650 const char *prs_name; /* symbol name */
651 Lmid_t prs_lmid; /* link map id */
652 uint_t prs_id; /* symbol id */
653 uint_t prs_table; /* symbol table id */
654 } prsyminfo_t;
655 .Ed
656 .Pp
657 The member
658 .Sy prs_object
659 points to a string that contains the name of the object file, if known,
660 that the symbol comes from. The member
661 .Sy prs_name
662 points to the name of the symbol, if known. This may be unknown due to a
663 stripped binary that contains no symbol table. The member
664 .Sy prs_lmid
665 indicates the link map identifier that the symbol was found on. For more
666 information on link map identifiers refer to the
667 .Em Linker and Libraries Guide
668 and
669 .Xr dlopen 3C .
670 .Pp
671 The members
672 .Sy prs_id
673 and
674 .Sy prs_table
675 can be used to determine both the symbol table that the entry came from
676 and which entry in the table it corresponds to. If the value of
677 .Sy prs_table
678 is
679 .Dv PR_SYMTAB
680 then it came from the ELF standard symbol table. However, if it is instead
681 .Dv PR_DYNSYM ,
682 then that indicates that it comes from the process's dynamic section.
683 .Pp
684 .Sy proc_lwp_f
685 .Pp
686 The
687 .Sy proc_lwp_f
688 is a function pointer type that is used with the
689 .Fn Plwp_iter
690 function. It is defined as
691 .Sy typedef
692 .Ft int
693 .Fo proc_lwp_f
694 .Fa "void *"
695 .Fa "const lwpstatus_t *"
696 .Fc .
697 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies,
698 while the second has the thread's status information and is defined in
699 .Xr proc 4 .
700 For additional information on using this type, see
701 .Xr Plwp_iter 3PROC .
702 .Pp
703 .Sy proc_lwp_all_f
704 .Pp
705 The
706 .Sy proc_lwp_all_f
707 is a function pointer type that is used with the
708 .Fn Plwp_iter_all
709 function. It is defined as
710 .Sy typedef
711 .Ft int
712 .Fo proc_lwp_all_f
713 .Fa "void *"
714 .Fa "const lwpstatus_t *"
715 .Fa "const lwpsinfo_t *"
716 .Fc .
717 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
718 The second and third arguments contain the thread's status and
719 thread-specific
720 .Xr ps 1
721 information respectively. Both structures are defined in
722 .Xr proc 4 .
723 For additional information on using this type, see
724 .Xr Plwp_iter_all 3PROC .
725 .Pp
726 .Sy proc_walk_f
727 .Pp
728 The
729 .Sy proc_walk_f
730 is a function pointer type that is used with the
731 .Fn proc_walk
732 function. It is defined as
733 .Sy typedef
734 .Ft int
735 .Fo proc_walk_f
736 .Fa "psinfo_t *"
737 .Fa "lwpsinfo_t *"
738 .Fa "void *"
739 .Fc .
740 The first argument contains the process
741 .Xr ps 1
742 information and the second argument contains the representative thread's
743 .Xr ps 1
744 information. Both structures are defined in
745 .Xr proc 4 .
746 The final argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
747 For more information on using this, see
748 .Xr proc_walk 3PROC .
749 .Pp
750 .Sy proc_map_f
751 .Pp
752 The
753 .Sy proc_map_f
754 is a function pointer type that is used with the
755 .Fn Pmapping_iter ,
756 .Fn Pmapping_iter_resolved ,
757 .Fn Pobject_iter ,
758 and
759 .Fn Pobject_iter_resolved
760 functions. It is defined as
761 .Sy typedef
762 .Ft int
763 .Fo proc_map_f
764 .Fa "void *"
765 .Fa "const prmap_t *"
766 .Fa "const char *"
767 .Fc .
768 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
769 The second argument is describes the mapping information and is defined
770 in
771 .Xr proc 4 .
772 The final argument contains the name of the mapping or object file in
773 question. For additional information on using this type, see
774 .Xr Pmapping_iter 3PROC .
775 .Pp
776 .Sy proc_env_f
777 .Pp
778 The
779 .Sy proc_env_f
780 is a function pointer type that is used with the
781 .Fn Penv_iter
782 function. It is defined as
783 .Sy typedef
784 .Ft int
785 .Fo proc_env_f
786 .Fa "void *"
787 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *"
788 .Fa "uintptr_t"
789 .Fa "const char *"
790 .Fc .
791 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
792 The second argument is a pointer to the
793 .Sy struct ps_prochandle
794 that the callback was passed to. The third argument is the address of
795 the environment variable in the process. The fourth argument is the
796 environment variable. Values in the environment follow the convention of
797 the form
798 .Em variable=value .
799 For more information on environment variables see
800 .Xr exec 2
801 and
802 .Xr environ 5 .
803 For additional information on using this type, see
804 .Xr Penv_iter 3PROC .
805 .Pp
806 .Sy proc_sym_f
807 .Pp
808 The
809 .Sy proc_sym_f
810 is a function pointer type that is used with the
811 .Fn Psmbol_iter ,
812 .Fn Psymbol_iter_by_addr ,
813 .Fn Psymbol_iter_by_name ,
814 and
815 .Fn Psymbol_iter_by_lmid
816 functions. It is defined as
817 .Sy typedef
818 .Ft int
819 .Fo proc_sym_f
820 .Fa "void *"
821 .Fa "const GElf_Sym *"
822 .Fa "const char *"
823 .Fc .
824 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user supplies.
825 The second argument is a pointer to the ELF symbol information in a
826 32-bit and 64-bit neutral form. See
827 .Xr elf 3ELF
828 and
829 .Xr gelf 3ELF
830 for more information on it. The final argument points to a character
831 string that has the name of the symbol. For additional information on
832 using this type, see
833 .Xr Psymbol_iter 3PROC ,
834 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_addr 3PROC ,
835 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_name 3PROC ,
836 and
837 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_lmid 3PROC .
838 .Pp
839 .Sy proc_xsym_f
840 .Pp
841 The
842 .Sy proc_xsym_f
843 is a function pointer type that is used with the
844 .Fn Pxsymbol_iter
845 function. It is defined as
846 .Sy typedef
847 .Ft int
848 .Fo proc_xsym_f
849 .Fa "void *"
850 .Fa "const GElf_Sym *"
851 .Fa "const char *"
852 .Fa "const prsyminfo_t *"
853 .Fc .
854 The first three arguments are identical to those of
855 .Sy proc_sym_f .
856 The final argument contains additional information about the symbol
857 itself. The members of the
858 .Sy prsyminfo_t
859 are defined earlier in this section. For additional information on using
860 this type, see
861 .Xr Pxsymbol_iter 3PROC .
862 .Pp
863 .Sy proc_stack_f
864 .Pp
865 The
866 .Sy proc_stack_f
867 is a function pointer type that is used with the
868 .Fn Pstack_iter
869 function. It is defined as
870 .Sy typedef
871 .Ft int
872 .Fo proc_stack_f
873 .Fa "void *"
874 .Fa "prgregset_t"
875 .Fa "uint_t"
876 .Fa "const long *"
877 .Fc .
878 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
879 The second argument's contents are platform specific. The registers that
880 contain stack information, usually the stack pointer and frame pointer,
881 will be filled in to point to an entry. The
882 .Sy prgregset_t
883 is defined in
884 .Xr proc 4 .
885 .Pp
886 The third argument contains the number of arguments to the current stack
887 frame and the fourth argument contains an array of addresses that
888 correspond to the arguments to that stack function. The value of the
889 third argument dictates the number of entries in the fourth argument.
890 For additional information on using this type, see
891 .Xr Pstack_iter 3PROC .
892 .Pp
893 .Sy proc_fdinfo_f
894 .Pp
895 The
896 .Sy proc_fdinfo_f
897 is a function pointer type that is used with the
898 .Fn Pfdinfo_iter
899 function. It is defined as
900 .Sy typedef
901 .Ft int
902 .Fo proc_fdinfo_f
903 .Fa "void *"
904 .Fa "prfdinfo_t *"
905 .Fc .
906 The first argument is a pointer to an argument that the user specifies.
907 The second argument contains information about an open file descriptor.
908 The members of the
909 .Sy prfdinfo_t
910 are defined earlier in this section. For additional information on using
911 this type, see
912 .Xr Pfdinfo_iter 3PROC .
913 .Sh PROGRAMMING NOTES
914 When working with live processes, whether from the
915 .Xr Pgrab
916 or
917 .Xr Pcreate
918 family of functions, there are some additional considerations.
919 Importantly, if a process calls any of the
920 .Xr exec 2
921 suite of functions, much of the state information that is obtained,
922 particularly that about mappings in the process will be invalid. Callers
923 must ensure that they call
924 .Xr Preset_maps 3PROC
925 when they hold a process handle across an exec. In addition, users of
926 the library should familiarize themselves with the
927 .Sy PROGRAMMING NOTES
928 section of the
929 .Xr proc 4
930 manual page, which discusses issues of privileges and security.
931 .Sh DEBUGGING
932 The library provides a means for obtaining additional debugging
933 information. The output itself is not part of the
934 .Nm
935 library's stable interface. Setting the environment variable
936 .Ev LIBPROC_DEBUG
937 to some value will print information to standard error. For example,
938 .Ev LIBPROC_DEUBG Ns = Ns Em please .
939 .Sh LOCKING
940 Most functions operate on a handle to a process in the form of a
941 .Vt "struct ps_prochandle *" .
942 Unless otherwise indicated, the library does not provide any
943 synchronization for different routines that are operating on the
944 .Sy same
945 .Nm
946 library handle. It is up to the caller to ensure that only a single
947 thread is using a handle at any given time. Multiple threads may call
948 .Nm
949 library routines at the same time as long as each thread is using a
950 different handle.
951 .Pp
952 Each individual function notes its
953 .Sy MT-Level
954 section. The MT-Level of a routine that matches the above description
955 will refer to this manual page. If it does not, then it refers to the
956 standard attributes in
957 .Xr attributes 5 .
958 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
959 .Sy Uncommitted
960 .Pp
961 While the library is considered an uncommitted interface, and is still
962 evolving, changes that break compatibility have been uncommon and this
963 trend is expected to continue. It is documented to allow consumers,
964 whether part of illumos or outside of it, to understand the libarary and
965 make use of it with the understanding that changes may occur which break
966 both source and binary compatibility.
967 .Sh SEE ALSO
968 .Xr gcore 1 ,
969 .Xr mdb 1 ,
970 .Xr proc 1 ,
971 .Xr ps 1 ,
972 .Xr coreadm 1M ,
973 .Xr exec 2 ,
974 .Xr fcntl 2 ,
975 .Xr stat 2 ,
976 .Xr Intro 3 ,
977 .Xr dlopen 3C ,
978 .Xr elf 3ELF ,
979 .Xr ctf 4 ,
980 .Xr proc 4 ,
981 .Xr attributes 5 ,
982 .Xr environ 5 ,
983 .Xr privileges 5
984 .Pp
985 .Rs
986 .%T Linkers and Libraries Guide
987 .Re
988 .Pp
989 .Xr Lfree 3PROC ,
990 .Xr Lgrab 3PROC ,
991 .Xr Lgrab_error 3PROC ,
992 .Xr Pcreate 3PROC ,
993 .Xr Pcreate_agent 3PROC ,
994 .Xr Pcreate_callback 3PROC ,
995 .Xr Pcreate_error 3PROC ,
996 .Xr Pdestroy_agent 3PROC ,
997 .Xr Pfgrab_core 3PROC ,
998 .Xr Pfree 3PROC ,
999 .Xr Pgrab 3PROC ,
1000 .Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC ,
1001 .Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC ,
1002 .Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
1003 .Xr Pgrab_ops 3PROC ,
1004 .Xr Prelease 3PROC ,
1005 .Xr Preopen 3PROC ,
1006 .Xr Pxcreate 3PROC
1007 .Pp
1008 .Xr Paddr_to_ctf 3PROC ,
1009 .Xr Paddr_to_loadobj 3PROC ,
1010 .Xr Paddr_to_map 3PROC ,
1011 .Xr Paddr_to_text_map 3PROC ,
1012 .Xr Pasfd 3PROC ,
1013 .Xr Pclearfault 3PROC ,
1014 .Xr Pclearsig 3PROC ,
1015 .Xr Pcontent 3PROC ,
1016 .Xr Pcred 3PROC ,
1017 .Xr Pctlfd 3PROC ,
1018 .Xr Pdelbkpt 3PROC ,
1019 .Xr Pdelwapt 3PROC ,
1020 .Xr Pdstop 3PROC ,
1021 .Xr Pexecname 3PROC ,
1022 .Xr Pfault 3PROC ,
1023 .Xr Pfgcore 3PROC ,
1024 .Xr Pgcore 3PROC ,
1025 .Xr Pgetareg 3PROC ,
1026 .Xr Pgetauxval 3PROC ,
1027 .Xr Pgetauxvec 3PROC ,
1028 .Xr Pgetenv 3PROC ,
1029 .Xr Pisprocdir 3PROC ,
1030 .Xr Pissyscall_prev 3PROC ,
1031 .Xr Plmid 3PROC ,
1032 .Xr Plmid_to_loadobj 3PROC ,
1033 .Xr Plmid_to_map 3PROC ,
1034 .Xr Plookup_by_addr 3PROC ,
1035 .Xr Plookup_by_name 3PROC ,
1036 .Xr Plwp_alt_stack 3PROC ,
1037 .Xr Plwp_getfpregs 3PROC ,
1038 .Xr Plwp_getpsinfo 3PROC ,
1039 .Xr Plwp_getregs 3PROC ,
1040 .Xr Plwp_getspymaster 3PROC ,
1041 .Xr Plwp_main_stack 3PROC ,
1042 .Xr Plwp_setfpregs 3PROC ,
1043 .Xr Plwp_setregs 3PROC ,
1044 .Xr Plwp_stack 3PROC ,
1045 .Xr Pname_to_ctf 3PROC ,
1046 .Xr Pname_to_loadobj 3PROC ,
1047 .Xr Pname_to_map 3PROC ,
1048 .Xr Pobjname 3PROC ,
1049 .Xr Pobjname_resolved 3PROC ,
1050 .Xr Pplatform 3PROC ,
1051 .Xr Ppltdest 3PROC ,
1052 .Xr Ppriv 3PROC ,
1053 .Xr Ppsinfo 3PROC ,
1054 .Xr Pputareg 3PROC ,
1055 .Xr Prd_agent 3PROC ,
1056 .Xr Pread 3PROC ,
1057 .Xr Pread_string 3PROC ,
1058 .Xr Preset_maps 3PROC ,
1059 .Xr Psecflags 3PROC ,
1060 .Xr Psetbkpt 3PROC ,
1061 .Xr Psetcred 3PROC ,
1062 .Xr Psetfault 3PROC ,
1063 .Xr Psetflags 3PROC ,
1064 .Xr Psetpriv 3PROC ,
1065 .Xr Psetrun 3PROC ,
1066 .Xr Psetsignal 3PROC ,
1067 .Xr Psetsysentry 3PROC ,
1068 .Xr Psetsysexit 3PROC ,
1069 .Xr Psetwapt 3PROC ,
1070 .Xr Psetzoneid 3PROC ,
1071 .Xr Psignal 3PROC ,
1072 .Xr Pstate 3PROC ,
1073 .Xr Pstatus 3PROC ,
1074 .Xr Pstop 3PROC ,
1075 .Xr Pstopstatus 3PROC ,
1076 .Xr Psync 3PROC ,
1077 .Xr Psysentry 3PROC ,
1078 .Xr Psysexit 3PROC ,
1079 .Xr Puname 3PROC ,
1080 .Xr Punsetflags 3PROC ,
1081 .Xr Pupdate_maps 3PROC ,
1082 .Xr Pupdate_syms 3PROC ,
1083 .Xr Pwait 3PROC ,
1084 .Xr Pwrite 3PROC ,
1085 .Xr Pxecbkpt 3PROC ,
1086 .Xr Pxecwapt 3PROC ,
1087 .Xr Pxlookup_by_addr 3PROC ,
1088 .Xr Pxlookup_by_addr_resolved 3PROC ,
1089 .Xr Pxlookup_by_name 3PROC ,
1090 .Xr Pzonename 3PROC ,
1091 .Xr Pzonepath 3PROC ,
1092 .Xr Pzoneroot 3PROC
1093 .Pp
1094 .Xr Lalt_stack 3PROC ,
1095 .Xr Lclearfault 3PROC ,
1096 .Xr Lclearsig 3PROC ,
1097 .Xr Lctlfd 3PROC ,
1098 .Xr Ldstop 3PROC ,
1099 .Xr Lgetareg 3PROC ,
1100 .Xr Lmain_stack 3PROC ,
1101 .Xr Lprochandle 3PROC ,
1102 .Xr Lpsinfo 3PROC ,
1103 .Xr Lputareg 3PROC ,
1104 .Xr Lsetrun 3PROC ,
1105 .Xr Lstack 3PROC ,
1106 .Xr Lstate 3PROC ,
1107 .Xr Lstatus 3PROC ,
1108 .Xr Lstop 3PROC ,
1109 .Xr Lsync 3PROC ,
1110 .Xr Lwait 3PROC ,
1111 .Xr Lxecbkpt 3PROC ,
1112 .Xr Lxecwapt 3PROC
1113 .Pp
1114 .Xr pr_access 3PROC ,
1115 .Xr pr_close 3PROC ,
1116 .Xr pr_creat 3PROC ,
1117 .Xr pr_door_info 3PROC ,
1118 .Xr pr_exit 3PROC ,
1119 .Xr pr_fcntl 3PROC ,
1120 .Xr pr_fstat 3PROC ,
1121 .Xr pr_fstat64 3PROC ,
1122 .Xr pr_fstatvfs 3PROC ,
1123 .Xr pr_getitimer 3PROC ,
1124 .Xr pr_getpeername 3PROC ,
1125 .Xr pr_getpeerucred 3PROC ,
1126 .Xr pr_getprojid 3PROC ,
1127 .Xr pr_getrctl 3PROC ,
1128 .Xr pr_getrlimit 3PROC ,
1129 .Xr pr_getrlimit64 3PROC ,
1130 .Xr pr_getsockname 3PROC ,
1131 .Xr pr_getsockopt 3PROC ,
1132 .Xr pr_gettaskid 3PROC ,
1133 .Xr pr_getzoneid 3PROC ,
1134 .Xr pr_ioctl 3PROC ,
1135 .Xr pr_link 3PROC ,
1136 .Xr pr_llseek 3PROC ,
1137 .Xr pr_lseek 3PROC ,
1138 .Xr pr_lstat 3PROC ,
1139 .Xr pr_lstat64 3PROC ,
1140 .Xr pr_memcntl 3PROC ,
1141 .Xr pr_meminfo 3PROC ,
1142 .Xr pr_mmap 3PROC ,
1143 .Xr pr_munmap 3PROC ,
1144 .Xr pr_open 3PROC ,
1145 .Xr pr_processor_bind 3PROC ,
1146 .Xr pr_rename 3PROC ,
1147 .Xr pr_setitimer 3PROC ,
1148 .Xr pr_setrctl 3PROC ,
1149 .Xr pr_setrlimit 3PROC ,
1150 .Xr pr_setrlimit64 3PROC ,
1151 .Xr pr_settaskid 3PROC ,
1152 .Xr pr_sigaction 3PROC ,
1153 .Xr pr_stat 3PROC ,
1154 .Xr pr_stat64 3PROC ,
1155 .Xr pr_statvfs 3PROC ,
1156 .Xr pr_unlink 3PROC ,
1157 .Xr pr_waitid 3PROC ,
1158 .Pp
1159 .Xr Penv_iter 3PROC ,
1160 .Xr Plwp_iter 3PROC ,
1161 .Xr Plwp_iter_all 3PROC ,
1162 .Xr Pmapping_iter 3PROC ,
1163 .Xr Pmapping_iter_resolved 3PROC ,
1164 .Xr Pobject_iter 3PROC ,
1165 .Xr Pobject_iter_resolved 3PROC ,
1166 .Xr Pstack_iter 3PROC ,
1167 .Xr Psymbol_iter 3PROC ,
1168 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_addr 3PROC ,
1169 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_lmid 3PROC ,
1170 .Xr Psymbol_iter_by_name 3PROC ,
1171 .Xr Pxsymbol_iter 3PROC ,
1172 .Xr Pfdinfo_iter 3PROC
1173 .Pp
1174 .Xr Perror_printf 3PROC ,
1175 .Xr proc_arg_grab 3PROC ,
1176 .Xr proc_arg_psinfo 3PROC ,
1177 .Xr proc_arg_xgrab 3PROC ,
1178 .Xr proc_arg_xpsinfo 3PROC ,
1179 .Xr proc_content2str 3PROC ,
1180 .Xr proc_finistdio 3PROC ,
1181 .Xr proc_fltname 3PROC ,
1182 .Xr proc_fltset2str 3PROC ,
1183 .Xr proc_flushstdio 3PROC ,
1184 .Xr proc_get_auxv 3PROC ,
1185 .Xr proc_get_cred 3PROC ,
1186 .Xr proc_get_priv 3PROC ,
1187 .Xr proc_get_psinfo 3PROC ,
1188 .Xr proc_get_status 3PROC ,
1189 .Xr proc_initstdio 3PROC ,
1190 .Xr proc_lwp_in_set 3PROC ,
1191 .Xr proc_lwp_range_valid 3PROC ,
1192 .Xr proc_signame 3PROC ,
1193 .Xr proc_sigset2str 3PROC ,
1194 .Xr proc_str2content 3PROC ,
1195 .Xr proc_str2flt 3PROC ,
1196 .Xr proc_str2fltset 3PROC ,
1197 .Xr proc_str2sig 3PROC ,
1198 .Xr proc_str2sigset 3PROC ,
1199 .Xr proc_str2sys 3PROC ,
1200 .Xr proc_str2sysset 3PROC ,
1201 .Xr proc_sysname 3PROC ,
1202 .Xr proc_sysset2str 3PROC ,
1203 .Xr proc_unctrl_psinfo 3PROC ,
1204 .Xr proc_walk 3PROC
1205 .Pp
1206 .Xr Pldt 3PROC ,
1207 .Xr proc_get_ldt 3PROC ,
1208 .Pp
1209 .Xr Plwp_getgwindows 3PROC ,
1210 .Xr Plwp_getxregs 3PROC ,
1211 .Xr Plwp_setxregs 3PROC ,
1212 .Pp
1213 .Xr Plwp_getasrs 3PROC ,
1214 .Xr Plwp_setasrs 3PROC