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35 .Nd machine-dependent process core dump interface
39 .Fn cpu_coredump "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core *chdr"
41 .Fn cpu_coredump32 "struct lwp *l" "void *iocookie" "struct core32 *chdr"
44 is the machine-dependent interface invoked by machine-independent code
45 to dump the machine-dependent header information at the start of a
47 The header information primarily consists of the
48 CPU and floating-point registers.
50 is the lwp structure of the thread being dumped.
52 is an opaque pointer to be passed to
54 Information about the machine-dependent header sections are returned in
58 returns 0 on success and an appropriate error code on failure.
60 This section describes places within the
62 source tree where actual code implementing or using the
63 machine-dependent coredump interface can be found.
64 All pathnames are relative to
67 Process core dumps are initiated within the file
68 .Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c .
69 Process core dumps for ELF
71 binaries are performed within the files
72 .Pa sys/kern/core_elf32.c
74 .Pa sys/kern/core_elf64.c .
75 Process core dumps for other
77 binaries are performed within the file
78 .Pa sys/kern/core_netbsd.c .