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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PGETAREG 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pgetareg ,
19.Nm Pputareg ,
20.Nm Lgetareg ,
21.Nm Lputareg
22.Nd set and get a register from a stopped process or thread
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Lb libproc
25.In libproc.h
26.Ft int
27.Fo Pgetareg
28.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
29.Fa "int regno"
30.Fa "prgreg_t *preg"
31.Fc
32.Ft int
33.Fo Pputareg
34.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
35.Fa "int regno"
36.Fa "prgreg_t preg"
37.Fc
38.Ft int
39.Fo Lgetareg
40.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
41.Fa "int regno"
42.Fa "prgreg_t *preg"
43.Fc
44.Ft int
45.Fo Lputareg
46.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
47.Fa "int regno"
48.Fa "prgreg_t preg"
49.Fc
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn Pgetareg
53and
54.Fn Pputareg
55functions read and update the registers of the process handle referred
56to by
57.Fa P .
58.Pp
59The getting and setting of registers of the process operates on the
60representative thread (LWP). For more information on how the
61representative is chosen, see
62.Xr proc 4 .
63To change the registers of a specific thread, use the
64.Xr Lgetareg 3PROC
65and
66.Xr Lsetareg 3PROC
67functions.
68.Pp
69The getting and setting of registers only applies to stopped
70processes. In addition, one may obtain registers from core files, but
71not set them. To stop a process, see the
72.Xr Pstop 3PROC
73function.
74.Pp
75The register to get or set is indicated by the
76.Fa regno
77argument. For a list of registers, see
78.In sys/regset.h .
79The set of registers is specific to each architecture of the system. The
80.Fn Pgetareg
81function will fill in the value of
82.Fa preg
83with the value of the register
84.Fa regno ,
85while the
86.Fn Pputareg
87function will update the value of the register
88.Fa regno
89with the value in
90.Fa preg .
91Updated registers will be set when the process resumes execution.
92.Pp
93The
94.Fn Lgetareg
95and
96.Fn Lputareg
97functions are equivalent to the
98.Fn Pgetareg
99and
100.Fn Psetareg
101functions, except rather than operating on the process and its
102representative thread, they instead operate on the thread handle
103.Fa L .
104.Sh RETURN VALUES
105Upon successful completion, the
106.Fn Pgetareg
107and
108.Fn Pputareg
109function return
110.Sy 0 .
111Otherwise,
112.Sy -1
113is returned,
114.Sy errno
115is set, and no registers will have been gotten or updated.
116.Sh ERRORS
117The
118.Fn Pgetareg
119and
120.Fn Lgetareg
121functions will fail if:
122.Bl -tag -width Er
123.It Er EINVAL
124The value of
125.Fa regno
126is invalid. This means it is less than
127.Sy 0
128and greater than
129.Sy NPRGREG .
130Note,
131.Sy NPRGREG Ns 's
132value varies based on process architecture.
133.It Er EBUSY
134The handle
135.Fa P
136is neither stopped nor a core file.
137.It Er ENODATA
138The handle
139.Fa P
140refers to a file obtained through
141.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC .
142.El
143.Pp
144The
145.Fn Pputareg
146and
147.Fn Lputareg
148functions will fail if:
149.Bl -tag -width Er
150.It Er EINVAL
151The value of
152.Fa regno
153is invalid. This means it is less than
154.Sy 0
155and greater than
156.Sy NPRGREG .
157Note,
158.Sy NPRGREG Ns 's
159value varies based on process architecture.
160.It Er EBUSY
161The handle
162.Fa P
163is not stopped or refers to a non-active process.
164.El
165.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
166.Sy Uncommitted
167.Sh MT-LEVEL
168See
169.Sy LOCKING
170in
171.Xr libproc 3LIB .
172.Sh SEE ALSO
173.Xr errno 3C ,
174.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
175.Xr Lgrab 3PROC ,
176.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
177.Xr Pstop 3PROC ,
178.Xr proc 4
179