Debugger Interface Agents

An agent provides an opaque handle that can describe internal interface structures. The agent also provides a mechanism of communication between the exported and imported interfaces. The rtld-debugger interface is intended to be used by a debugger which can manipulate several processes at the same time, these agents are used to identify the process.

struct ps_prochandle

Is an opaque structure that is created by the controlling process to identify the target process that is passed between the exported and imported interface.

struct rd_agent

Is an opaque structure created by the rtld-debugger interface that identifies the target process that is passed between the exported and imported interface.