Make the PIOD_READ_AUXV operation more clear

Describe how to set piod_offs.

Sponsored by <The NetBSD Foundation>
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kamil 2017-01-25 17:12:56 +00:00
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commit 231f136ce0
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.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.56 2017/01/15 22:18:11 kamil Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.57 2017/01/25 17:12:56 kamil Exp $
.\"
.\" This file is in the public domain.
.Dd January 14, 2016
.Dd January 25, 2016
.Dt PTRACE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -285,9 +285,16 @@ Possible values are:
See the description of
.Dv PT_READ_I
for the difference between I and D spaces.
.Pp
The
.Dv PIOD_READ_AUXV
operation can be used to read from the ELF auxiliary vector.
The
.Fa piod_offs
argument sets offset withing the tracee's vector.
To read from the beginning of it, this value must be set to 0 and casted to
.Dv (void *) .
.Pp
A pointer to the I/O descriptor is passed in the
.Fa addr
argument to