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31.Dd February 12, 2014
32.Dt KVM_GETPCPU 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm kvm_dpcpu_setcpu
36.Nm kvm_getmaxcpu ,
37.Nm kvm_getpcpu
38.Nd access per-CPU data
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libkvm
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/param.h
43.In sys/pcpu.h
44.In sys/sysctl.h
45.In kvm.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn kvm_dpcpu_setcpu "kvm_t *kd" "u_int cpu"
48.Ft int
49.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu "kvm_t *kd"
50.Ft int
51.Fn kvm_getncpus "kvm_t *kd"
52.Ft void *
53.Fn kvm_getpcpu "kvm_t *kd" "int cpu"
54.Ft ssize_t
55.Fn kvm_read_zpcpu "kvm_t *kd" "u_long base" "void *buf" "size_t size" "int cpu"
56.Ft uint64_t
57.Fn kvm_counter_u64_fetch "kvm_t *kd" "u_long base"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Fn kvm_dpcpu_setcpu ,
61.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu ,
62and
63.Fn kvm_getpcpu
64functions are used to access the per-CPU data of active processors in the
65kernel indicated by
66.Fa kd .
67Per-CPU storage comes in two flavours: data stored directly in a
68.Vt "struct pcpu"
69associated with each CPU, and dynamic per-CPU storage (DPCPU), in which a
70single kernel symbol refers to different data depending on what CPU it is
71accessed from.
72.Pp
73The
74.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu
75function returns the maximum number of CPUs supported by the kernel.
76.Pp
77The
78.Fn kvm_getncpus
79function returns the current number of CPUs in the kernel.
80.Pp
81The
82.Fn kvm_getpcpu
83function returns a buffer holding the per-CPU data for a single CPU.
84This buffer is described by the
85.Vt "struct pcpu"
86type.
87The caller is responsible for releasing the buffer via a call to
88.Xr free 3
89when it is no longer needed.
90If
91.Fa cpu
92is not active, then
93.Dv NULL
94is returned instead.
95.Pp
96The
97.Fn kvm_read_zpcpu
98function is used to obtain private per-CPU copy from a
99.Dv UMA_ZONE_PCPU
100.Xr zone 9 .
101It takes
102.Fa base
103argument as base address of an allocation and copyies
104.Fa size
105bytes into
106.Fa buf
107from the part of allocation that is private to
108.Fa cpu .
109.Pp
110The
111.Fn kvm_counter_u64_fetch
112function fetches value of a
113.Xr counter 9
114pointed by
115.Fa base
116address.
117.Pp
118Symbols for dynamic per-CPU data are accessed via
119.Xr kvm_nlist 3
120as with other symbols.
121.Nm libkvm
122maintains a notion of the "current CPU", set by
123.Xr kvm_dpcpu_setcpu ,
124which defaults to 0.
125Once another CPU is selected,
126.Xr kvm_nlist 3
127will return pointers to that data on the appropriate CPU.
128.Sh CACHING
129.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu
130and
131.Fn kvm_getpcpu
132cache the nlist values for various kernel variables which are
133reused in successive calls.
134You may call either function with
135.Fa kd
136set to
137.Dv NULL
138to clear this cache.
139.Sh RETURN VALUES
140On success, the
141.Fn kvm_getmaxcpu
142function returns the maximum number of CPUs supported by the kernel.
143If an error occurs,
144it returns -1 instead.
145.Pp
146On success, the
147.Fn kvm_getpcpu
148function returns a pointer to an allocated buffer or
149.Dv NULL .
150If an error occurs,
151it returns -1 instead.
152.Pp
153On success, the
154.Fn kvm_dpcpu_setcpu
155call returns 0; if an error occurs, it returns -1 instead.
156.Pp
157On success, the
158.Fn kvm_read_zpcpu
159function returns number of bytes copied.
160If an error occurs, it returns -1 instead.
161.Pp
162If any function encounters an error,
163then an error message may be retrieved via
164.Xr kvm_geterr 3 .
165.Sh SEE ALSO
166.Xr free 3 ,
167.Xr kvm 3 ,
168.Xr counter 9 ,
169.Xr zone 9
170