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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PSETBKPT 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Psetbkpt
19.Nd set a breakpoint trap in a process
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo Psetbkpt
25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
26.Fa "uintptr_t address"
27.Fa "ulong_t *saved"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn Psetbkpt
32function sets a breakpoint instruction at the address
33.Fa address
34in the process handle
35.Fa P .
36The instruction that used to be set will be set in
37.Fa saved
38and should be retained.
39.Pp
40A breakpoint will remain in place until a subsequent call to
41.Xr Pdelbkpt 3PROC .
42The value stored in
43.Fa saved
44should be passed as the third argument to
45.Xr Pdelbkpt 3PROC .
46.Pp
47When a process executes an instruction that has been replaced with a
48breakpoint it generates a
49.Sy FLTBPT
50trap
51causing the thread to stop.
52.Pp
53Note, breakpoints may only be set in active processes. They may not be
54set in process handles that refer to core files, zombie processes, or
55files.
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57Upon successful completion, the
58.Fn Psetbkpt
59function sets the breakpoint and
60returns
61.Sy 0 .
62Otherwise,
63.Sy -1
64is returned and
65.Sy errno
66is set to indicate the error.
67.Sh ERRORS
68For a full list of possible errors see the
69.Sy DIAGNOSTICS
70section in
71.Xr proc 4 .
72.Pp
73The
74.Fn Psetbkpt
75function will fail if:
76.Bl -tag -width Er
77.It Er ENOENT
78.Fa P
79does not refer to an active process.
80.It Er EBUSY
81A breakpoint instruction was already written by another debugger.
82.El
83.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
84.Sy Uncommitted
85.Sh MT-LEVEL
86See
87.Sy LOCKING
88in
89.Xr libproc 3LIB .
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
92.Xr Pdelbkpt 3PROC ,
93.Xr proc 4
94