Module Name: src
Committed By: kamil
Date: Sat Jan 7 01:29:18 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: ptrace.2
Log Message:
ptrace(2): Document addr and data argument usage for PT_GET_PROCESS_STATE
The PT_GET_PROCESS_STATE call in ptrace(2) has the following usage of addr
and data:
A pointer to this structure is passed in addr. The data
argument should be set to sizeof(struct ptrace_event).
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
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Index: src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.46 src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.47
--- src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.46 Thu Dec 29 22:17:51 2016
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 Sat Jan 7 01:29:18 2017
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.46 2016/12/29 22:17:51 kamil Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.47 2017/01/07 01:29:18 kamil Exp $
.\"
.\" This file is in the public domain.
-.Dd November 1, 2016
+.Dd January 7, 2016
.Dt PTRACE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ pointed to by
The
.Fa data
argument should be set to
-.Li sizeof(struct ptrace_event) .
+.Li sizeof(struct ptrace_state) .
.It Dv PT_GET_PROCESS_STATE
This request reads the state information associated with the event
that stopped the traced process.
@@ -322,6 +322,13 @@ typedef struct ptrace_state {
pid_t pe_other_pid;
} ptrace_state_t;
.Ed
+.Pp
+A pointer to this structure is passed in
+.Fa addr .
+The
+.Fa data
+argument should be set to
+.Li sizeof(struct ptrace_event) .
.El
.Pp
Additionally, the following requests exist but are
