1.\" 2.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6.\" 7.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10.\" 11.\" 12.\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc. 13.\" 14.Dd May 11, 2016 15.Dt PSETWAPT 3PROC 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm Psetwapt 19.Nd set a watchpoint in a process 20.Sh LIBRARY 21.Lb libproc 22.Sh SYNOPSIS 23.In libproc.h 24.Ft int 25.Fo Psetwapt 26.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P" 27.Fa "const prwatch_t *wp" 28.Fc 29.Sh DESCRIPTION 30The 31.Fn Psetwapt 32function adds a watchpoint to the process handle 33.Fa P . 34Allowing the hardware to generate a trap when the specified area is 35accessed. 36The watchpoint's parameters are described in 37.Fa wp . 38For more information on watchpoints and the 39.Sy prwatch_t 40structure, see the 41.Sy PCWATCH 42section in 43.Xr proc 5 . 44The watched area will persist until a subsequent call to 45.Xr Pdelwapt 3PROC . 46.Pp 47Note, only active processes support watchpoints. 48It is an error to call this function on process handles that correspond to core 49files, zombie processes, or files. 50.Sh RETURN VALUES 51Upon successful completion, the 52.Fn Psetwapt 53function returns 54.Sy 0 55and installs the watchpoint in 56.Fa P . 57Otherwise, 58.Sy -1 59is returned and 60.Sy errno 61is set. 62.Sh ERRORS 63For a full list of possible errors see the 64.Sy DIAGNOSTICS 65section in 66.Xr proc 5 . 67.Pp 68The 69.Fn Psetwapt 70function will fail if: 71.Bl -tag -width Er 72.It Er ENOENT 73.Fa P 74does not refer to an active process. 75.El 76.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY 77.Sy Uncommitted 78.Sh MT-LEVEL 79See 80.Sy LOCKING 81in 82.Xr libproc 3LIB . 83.Sh SEE ALSO 84.Xr libproc 3LIB , 85.Xr Pdelwapt 3PROC , 86.Xr proc 5 87