History log of /freebsd-current/lib/libkvm/kvm_native.3
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# fa9896e0 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: two-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\n\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/


# 2e43efd0 06-Mar-2019 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

Drop "All rights reserved" from my copyright statements.

Reviewed by: rgrimes
MFC after: 1 month
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19485


# d5f024f2 15-Mar-2017 Enji Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org>

Capitalize .Dt macro argument

By convention, per mdoc(7), the document title should be all caps.

MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon


# 7f911abe 27-Nov-2015 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

Add support to libkvm for reading vmcores from other architectures.
- Add a kvaddr_type to represent kernel virtual addresses instead of
unsigned long.
- Add a struct kvm_nlist which is a stripped down version of struct nlist
that uses kvaddr_t for n_value.
- Add a kvm_native() routine that returns true if an open kvm descriptor
is for a native kernel and memory image.
- Add a kvm_open2() function similar to kvm_openfiles(). It drops the
unused 'swapfile' argument and adds a new function pointer argument for
a symbol resolving function. Native kernels still use _fdnlist() from
libc to resolve symbols if a resolver function is not supplied, but cross
kernels require a resolver.
- Add a kvm_nlist2() function similar to kvm_nlist() except that it uses
struct kvm_nlist instead of struct nlist.
- Add a kvm_read2() function similar to kvm_read() except that it uses
kvaddr_t instead of unsigned long for the kernel virtual address.
- Add a new kvm_arch switch of routines needed by a vmcore backend.
Each backend is responsible for implementing kvm_read2() for a given
vmcore format.
- Use libelf to read headers from ELF kernels and cores (except for
powerpc cores).
- Add internal helper routines for the common page offset hash table used
by the minidump backends.
- Port all of the existing kvm backends to implement a kvm_arch switch and
to be cross-friendly by using private constants instead of ones that
vary by platform (e.g. PAGE_SIZE). Static assertions are present when
a given backend is compiled natively to ensure the private constants
match the real ones.
- Enable all of the existing vmcore backends on all platforms. This means
that libkvm on any platform should be able to perform KVA translation
and read data from a vmcore of any platform.

Tested on: amd64, i386, sparc64 (marius)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3341