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25.Dd September 16, 2022
26.Dt ELF_AUX_INFO 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm elf_aux_info
30.Nd extract data from the elf auxiliary vector of the current process
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libc
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/auxv.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn elf_aux_info "int aux" "void *buf" "int buflen"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn elf_aux_info
40function retrieves the auxiliary info vector requested in
41.Va aux .
42The information is stored into the provided buffer if it will fit.
43The following values, defined in
44.In sys/elf_common.h
45can be requested (corresponding buffer sizes are specified in parenthesis):
46.Bl -tag -width AT_OSRELDATE
47.It AT_CANARY
48The canary value for SSP (arbitrary sized buffer, as many bytes are
49returned as it fits into it, rest is zeroed).
50.It AT_EXECPATH
51The path of executed program
52.Dv (MAXPATHLEN).
53This may not be present if the process was initialized by
54.Xr fexecve 2
55and the namecache no longer contains the file's name.
56.It AT_HWCAP
57CPU / hardware feature flags
58.Dv (sizeof(u_long)).
59.It AT_HWCAP2
60CPU / hardware feature flags
61.Dv (sizeof(u_long)).
62.It AT_NCPUS
63Number of CPUs
64.Dv (sizeof(int)).
65.It AT_OSRELDATE
66The
67.Dv OSRELDATE
68of the kernel or jail the program is running on
69.Dv (sizeof(int)).
70.It AT_PAGESIZES
71Vector of page sizes (arbitrary sized buffer, as many elements of the
72.Dv pagesizes
73array are returned as it fits).
74.It AT_PAGESZ
75Page size in bytes
76.Dv (sizeof(int)).
77.It AT_TIMEKEEP
78Pointer to VDSO timehands (for library internal use,
79.Dv sizeof(void *)).
80.It AT_USRSTACKBASE
81Top of the user stack for main thread.
82.It AT_USRSTACKLIM
83Limit for grow of the user stack for main thread.
84.El
85.Sh RETURN VALUES
86Returns zero on success, or an error number on failure.
87.Sh ERRORS
88.Bl -tag -width Er
89.It Bq Er EINVAL
90An unknown item was requested.
91.It Bq Er EINVAL
92The provided buffer was not the right size for the requested item.
93.It Bq Er ENOENT
94The requested item is not available.
95.El
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Fn elf_aux_info
99function appeared in
100.Fx 12.0 .
101.Sh BUGS
102Only a small subset of available auxiliary info vector items are
103accessible with this function.
104Some items require a "right-sized" buffer while others just require a
105"big enough" buffer.
106