1. Oracle Solaris 11.4 Linkers and Libraries Guide
  2. Linker and Libraries Advanced Topics
  3. Extensibility Mechanisms
  4. Runtime Linker Debugger Interface
  5. Debugger Interface Agents

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 that can manipulate several processes at the same time, these agents are used to identify the process.

struct ps_prochandle

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

struct rd_agent

An opaque structure, created by the rtld-debugger interface to identify the target process, that is passed between the exported and imported interface.