LIBKVM(3LIB) Interface Libraries LIBKVM(3LIB)

libkvm - Kernel Virtual Memory access library

cc [ flag... ] file... -lkvm [ library ... ]
#include <kvm.h>

Functions in this library provide application access to kernel symbols, addresses and values. The individual functions are documented in Section 3KVM of the reference manual.

The shared object libkvm.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

kvm_close kvm_getcmd
kvm_getproc kvm_getu
kvm_kread kvm_kwrite
kvm_nextproc kvm_nlist
kvm_open kvm_read
kvm_setproc kvm_uread
kvm_uwrite kvm_write

/usr/lib/libkvm.so.1

shared object

/usr/lib/64/libkvm.so.1

64-bit shared object

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability kvm_read() and kvm_write() are Obsolete; the remaining functions are Stable.
MT-Level Unsafe

pvs(1), Intro(3), attributes(7)

May 22, 2003 OmniOS