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36 .Nd fetch global CPU time statistics
45 .Fn kvm_getcptime "kvm_t *kd" "long *cp_time"
49 function stores the global CPU time statistics from the kernel
51 in the array of counters pointed to by
55 should point to an array of
58 The format of the counters is identical to that output by the
62 This function caches the nlist values for various kernel variables which it
63 reuses in successive calls.
64 You may call the function with
72 function returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
74 then an error message may be retrieved via