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41 .Nd retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image
48 .Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl"
50 .Fn kvm_nlist2 "kvm_t *kd" "struct kvm_nlist *nl"
54 function retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
56 This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by
63 Each symbol is looked up using the
65 field, and if found, the
72 to 0 if the symbol is not found.
76 system call is used to locate symbols in live kernels.
77 This is a less than perfect
78 emulation of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel
79 modules and is reasonably fast.
83 function retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
85 This argument points to an array of
86 .Vt "struct kvm_nlist"
88 terminated by an entry whose
92 These structures are similar to the nlist structures used by
96 field uses a different type
98 to avoid truncation when examining non-native kernel images.
104 functions return the number of invalid entries found.
105 If the kernel symbol table was unreadable, -1 is returned.
116 .Xr kvm_openfiles 3 ,