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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc index f2305cebd1..9e6e819aa5 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc +++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pupdate_syms.3proc @@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ updating, invalidating, and caching new symbol tables as appropriate for functions such as .Xr Psymbol_iter 3PROC . This is generally called in response to activity by the run-time -link-editor. In general, the +link-editor. +In general, the .Sy libproc library takes care of managing the need to call this function; however, debuggers, introspection tools, and others that are -interposing on rtld activity may need to call this function. Note that -the +interposing on rtld activity may need to call this function. +Note that the .Fn Pupdate_syms -function is only meaningful for active processes. It will do nothing on -process handles that refer to core files, zombie processes, and ELF -objects. +function is only meaningful for active processes. +It will do nothing on process handles that refer to core files, zombie +processes, and ELF objects. .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY .Sy Uncommitted .Sh MT-LEVEL |