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28.Dd December 6, 2008
29.Dt KINFO_GETVMMAP 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm kinfo_getvmmap
33.Nd function for getting per-process memory map information
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libutil
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/types.h
38.In libutil.h
39.Ft struct kinfo_vmentry *
40.Fn kinfo_getvmmap "pid_t pid" "int *cntp"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42This function is used for obtaining virtual memory mapping information
43of a particular process.
44.Pp
45The
46.Ar pid
47field contains the process identifier.
48This should be the a process that you have privilege to access.
49The
50.Ar cntp
51field is allows the caller to know how many records are returned.
52.Pp
53This function is a wrapper around
54.Xr sysctl 3
55with the
56.Dv KERN_PROC_VMMAP
57mib.
58While the kernel returns a packed structure, this function expands the
59data into a fixed record format.
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61On success the
62.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
63function returns a pointer to an array of
64.Vt struct kinfo_vmentry
65structures as defined by
66.In sys/user.h .
67The array was obtained by an internal call to
68.Xr malloc 3
69and must be freed by the caller with a call to
70.Xr free 3 .
71On failure the
72.Fn kinfo_getvmmap
73function returns
74.Dv NULL .
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr free 3 ,
77.Xr kinfo_getfile 3 ,
78.Xr malloc 3
79