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15 .Dd January 19, 2023
16 .Dt PLWP_GETXREGS 3PROC
17 .Os
18 .Sh NAME
19 .Nm Plwp_getxregs ,
20 .Nm Plwp_freexregs ,
21 .Nm Plwp_setxregs ,
22 .Nm Lgetxregs ,
23 .Nm Lsetxregs
24 .Nd get and set extended register state
25 .Sh LIBRARY
26 .Lb libproc
27 .Sh SYNOPSIS
28 .In libproc.h
29 .Ft int
30 .Fo Plwp_getxregs
31 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
32 .Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
33 .Fa "prxregset_t **xregsp"
34 .Fa "size_t *sizep"
35 .Fc
36 .Ft int
37 .Fo Plwp_freexregs
38 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
39 .Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
40 .Fa "prxregset_t *xregs"
41 .Fa "size_t size"
42 .Fc
43 .Ft int
44 .Fo Plwp_setxregs
45 .Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
46 .Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
47 .Fa "const prxregset_t *xregs"
48 .Fc
49 .Ft int
50 .Fo Lgetxregs
51 .Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
52 .Fa "prxregset_t **xregsp"
53 .Fa "size_t *sizep"
54 .Fc
55 .Ft int
56 .Fo Lsetxregs
57 .Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
58 .Fa "const prxregset_t *xregs"
59 .Fc
60 .Sh DESCRIPTION
61 The
62 .Fn Plwp_getxregs
63 and
64 .Fn Plwp_setxregs
65 functions get and set the extended register state of the thread
66 .Fa lwpid
67 in the process handle
68 .Fa P .
69 .Pp
70 The extended register state is defined by the architecture.
71 These registers may refer to optional registers that have become common on the
72 platform, but are not part of the traditional ABI and thus not covered by
73 functions such as
74 .Xr Plwp_getregs 3PROC
75 and
76 .Xr Plwp_getfpregs 3PROC .
77 Support for the extended registers varies based on the architecture and
78 varies based on the specific system.
79 For example, on x86 based CPUs the xregs functionality requires the x86
80 xsave functionality to be supported.
81 .Pp
82 The
83 .Fn Plwp_getxregs
84 function gets the extended register state information, allocates the
85 appropriate sized buffer for it, and places a pointer to that buffer
86 into
87 .Fa xregs
88 and updates
89 .Fa sizep
90 to indicate the size of the allocated structure.
91 Due to the fact that hardware has varying sized extended register sets,
92 the exact size of the structure can vary between different running
93 systems and core files.
94 It is also possible that some processor extensions are enabled at
95 process runtime, leading for this to further be different between
96 different processes on the same system.
97 As such, all of the different platform instantiations of the
98 .Vt prxregset_t
99 end up generally being opaque structures that can be cast to something
100 more specific that also includes its size.
101 .Pp
102 The obtained
103 .Vt prxregset_t
104 in
105 .Fa xregsp
106 must be freed by the caller with the
107 .Fn Plwp_freexregs
108 function.
109 .Pp
110 The
111 .Fn Plwp_setxregs
112 function sets the extended register state information in
113 .Fa xregs
114 for the process handle
115 .Fa P .
116 .Pp
117 Processes must be stopped prior to obtaining the register state of
118 individual threads.
119 Processes may be stopped with
120 .Xr Pstop 3PROC .
121 .Pp
122 The
123 .Sy prxregset_t
124 structure is described in
125 .Xr proc 5 .
126 .Pp
127 One may not set the register values of a process that is not an active
128 process, e.g. a process handle that refers to a file or a core file.
129 .Pp
130 The
131 .Fn Lgetxregs
132 and
133 .Fn Lsetxregs
134 functions are equivalent to the
135 .Fn Plwp_getxregs
136 and
137 .Fn Plwp_setxregs
138 functions except that they operate on a specific thread identified by
139 the handle
140 .Fa L
141 and only require that the thread in question be stopped.
142 Data allocated with the
143 .Fn Lgetxregs
144 functions should be freed with the
145 .Fn Plwp_freexregs
146 function.
147 .Sh RETURN VALUES
148 Upon successful completion, the
149 .Fn Plwp_getxregs
150 and
151 .Fn Plwp_setxregs
152 functions return
153 .Sy 0
154 and get or set the register state.
155 Otherwise,
156 .Sy -1
157 is returned and
158 .Sy errno
159 is set to indicate the error.
160 .Sh ERRORS
161 For a full list of possible errors see the
162 .Sy DIAGNOSTICS
163 section in
164 .Xr proc 5 .
165 .Pp
166 The
167 .Fn Plwp_getxregs
168 and
169 .Fn Plwp_setxregs
170 function will fail if:
171 .Bl -tag -width Er
172 .It Er ENODATA
173 The process handle
174 .Fa P
175 does not have any extended register state information.
176 This generally happens because the platform does not support it.
177 .It Er EBUSY
178 The process handle
179 .Fa P
180 refers to a live process and it is not stopped.
181 .It Er ENOENT
182 There is no thread with id
183 .Fa lwpid
184 in the process handle
185 .Fa P .
186 .El
187 The
188 .Fn Lgetxregs
189 and
190 .Fn Lsetxregs
191 function will fail if:
192 .Bl -tag -width Er
193 .It Er ENODATA
194 The thread handle
195 .Fa L
196 does not have any extended register state information.
197 This generally happens because the platform does not support it.
198 .It Er EBUSY
199 The thread handle
200 .Fa L
201 refers to a live process and the thread is not stopped.
202 .El
203 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
204 .Sy Uncommitted
205 .Sh MT-LEVEL
206 See
207 .Sy LOCKING
208 in
209 .Xr libproc 3LIB .
210 .Sh SEE ALSO
211 .Xr libproc 3LIB ,
212 .Xr Plwp_getfpregs 3PROC ,
213 .Xr Plwp_getregs 3PROC ,
214 .Xr Plwp_setfpregs 3PROC ,
215 .Xr Plwp_setregs 3PROC ,
216 .Xr Pstop 3PROC ,
217 .Xr proc 5