Ask for various properties of various kernel objects.
#include <zircon/syscalls.h> zx_status_t zx_object_get_property(zx_handle_t handle, uint32_t property, void* value, size_t value_size);
zx_object_get_property() requests the value of a kernel object's property. Getting a property requires ZX_RIGHT_GET_PROPERTY rights on the handle.
The handle parameter indicates the target kernel object. Different properties only work on certain types of kernel objects, as described below.
The property parameter indicates which property to get/set. Property values have the prefix ZX_PROP_, and are described below.
The value parameter holds the property value, and must be a pointer to a buffer of value_size bytes. Different properties expect different value types/sizes as described below.
Property values have the prefix ZX_PROP_, and are defined in
#include <zircon/syscalls/object.h>
handle type: (Most types)
value type: char[ZX_MAX_NAME_LEN]
Allowed operations: get, set
The name of the object, as a NUL-terminated string.
handle type: Thread
value type: uintptr_t
Allowed operations: set
The value of the x86 FS or GS segment register. value must be a canonical address, and must be a userspace address.
Only defined for x86-64.
handle type: Process
value type: uintptr_t
Allowed operations: get, set
The value of ld.so's _dl_debug_addr. This can be used by debuggers to interrogate the state of the dynamic loader.
If this value is set to ZX_PROCESS_DEBUG_ADDR_BREAK_ON_SET on process creation, the loader will manually issue a debug breakpoint when the property has been set to its correct value. This gives an opportunity to read or modify the initial state of the program.
handle type: Process
value type: uintptr_t
Allowed operations: get
The base address of the vDSO mapping, or zero.
handle type: Job
value type: zx_job_importance_t
Allowed operations: get, set
A hint about how important a job is; used to rank jobs for the out-of-memory (OOM) killer.
Additional errors:
handle type: Socket
value type: size_t
Allowed operations: get, set
The size of the read threshold of a socket, in bytes. Setting this will assert ZX_SOCKET_READ_THRESHOLD if the amount of data that can be read is greater than or equal to the threshold. Setting this property to zero will result in the deasserting of ZX_SOCKET_READ_THRESHOLD.
handle type: Socket
value type: size_t
Allowed operations: get, set
The size of the write threshold of a socket, in bytes. Setting this will assert ZX_SOCKET_WRITE_THRESHOLD if the amount of space available for writing is greater than or equal to the threshold. Setting this property to zero will result in the deasserting of ZX_SOCKET_WRITE_THRESHOLD. Setting the write threshold after the peer has closed is an error, and results in a ZX_ERR_PEER_CLOSED error being returned.
handle type: Job
value type: size_t
Allowed operations: set
The value of 1 means the Job and its children will be terminated if the system finds itself in a system-wide low memory situation. Called with 0 (which is the default) opts out the job from being terminated in this scenario.
handle type: Exception
value type: uint32_t
Allowed operations: get, set
When set to ZX_EXCEPTION_STATE_HANDLED, closing the exception handle will finish exception processing and resume the underlying thread. ZX_EXCEPTION_STATE_TRY_NEXT will instead continue exception processing by trying the next handler in order.
handle must have ZX_RIGHT_GET_PROPERTY.
If property is ZX_PROP_PROCESS_DEBUG_ADDR, handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_PROCESS.
If property is ZX_PROP_PROCESS_VDSO_BASE_ADDRESS, handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_PROCESS.
If property is ZX_PROP_SOCKET_RX_THRESHOLD, handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_SOCKET.
If property is ZX_PROP_SOCKET_TX_THRESHOLD, handle must be of type ZX_OBJ_TYPE_SOCKET.
zx_object_get_property() returns ZX_OK on success. In the event of failure, a negative error value is returned.
ZX_ERR_BAD_HANDLE: handle is not a valid handle
ZX_ERR_WRONG_TYPE: handle is not an appropriate type for property
ZX_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED: handle does not have the necessary rights for the operation
ZX_ERR_INVALID_ARGS: value is an invalid pointer
ZX_ERR_NO_MEMORY Failure due to lack of memory. There is no good way for userspace to handle this (unlikely) error. In a future build this error will no longer occur.
ZX_ERR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL: value_size is too small for property
ZX_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: property does not exist