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BSD syscall#26

svc · unix #26

ptrace

Allows a process to observe and control another — the foundation of debuggers like lldb.

Prototype

int ptrace(int req, pid_t pid, caddr_t addr, int data);

Returns: int

Arguments

NameTypeDirDescription
reqint-
pidpid_t-
addrcaddr_t-
dataint-

Version history

XNU tagmacOS#
xnu-1456.1.26macOS 10.6 Snow Leopard26
xnu-1699.24.8macOS 10.7 Lion26
xnu-2050.18.24macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion26
xnu-2422.115.4macOS 10.9 Mavericks26
xnu-2782.40.9macOS 10.10 Yosemite26
xnu-3247.1.106macOS 10.11 El Capitan26
xnu-3789.1.32macOS 10.12 Sierra26
xnu-4570.1.46macOS 10.13 High Sierra26
xnu-4903.221.2macOS 10.14 Mojave26
xnu-6153.11.26macOS 10.15 Catalina26
xnu-7195.50.7.100.1macOS 11.0 Big Sur26
xnu-8019.41.5macOS 12.0 Monterey26
xnu-8792.41.9macOS 13.0 Ventura26
xnu-10002.1.13macOS 14.0 Sonoma26
xnu-11215.1.10macOS 15.0 Sequoia26
xnu-11417.101.15macOS 15.4 Sequoia26
xnu-12377.1.9macOS 26.0 Tahoe26
xnu-10002.41.926
xnu-10002.61.326
xnu-10002.81.526
xnu-10063.101.1526
xnu-10063.121.326
xnu-10063.141.126
xnu-11215.41.326
xnu-11215.61.526
xnu-11215.81.426
xnu-11417.121.626
xnu-11417.140.6926
xnu-12377.101.1526
xnu-12377.41.626
xnu-12377.61.1226
xnu-12377.81.426
xnu-1486.2.1126
xnu-1504.15.326
xnu-1504.3.1226
xnu-1504.7.426
xnu-1504.9.1726
xnu-1504.9.2626
xnu-1504.9.3726
xnu-1699.22.7326
xnu-1699.22.8126
xnu-1699.24.2326
xnu-1699.26.826
xnu-1699.32.726
xnu-2050.22.1326
xnu-2050.24.1526
xnu-2050.48.1126
xnu-2050.7.926
xnu-2050.9.226
xnu-2422.1.7226
xnu-2422.100.1326
xnu-2422.110.1726
xnu-2422.90.2026
xnu-2782.1.9726
xnu-2782.10.7226
xnu-2782.20.4826
xnu-2782.30.526
xnu-3247.10.1126
xnu-3248.20.5526
xnu-3248.30.426
xnu-3248.40.18426
xnu-3248.50.2126
xnu-3248.60.1026
xnu-3789.21.426
xnu-3789.31.226
xnu-3789.41.326
xnu-3789.51.226
xnu-3789.60.2426
xnu-3789.70.1626
xnu-4570.20.6226
xnu-4570.31.326
xnu-4570.41.226
xnu-4570.51.126
xnu-4570.61.126
xnu-4570.71.226
xnu-4903.231.426
xnu-4903.241.126
xnu-4903.270.4726
xnu-6153.101.626
xnu-6153.121.126
xnu-6153.141.126
xnu-6153.41.326
xnu-6153.61.126
xnu-6153.81.526
xnu-7195.101.126
xnu-7195.121.326
xnu-7195.141.226
xnu-7195.60.7526
xnu-7195.81.326
xnu-8019.61.526
xnu-8019.80.2426
xnu-8020.101.426
xnu-8020.121.326
xnu-8020.140.4126
xnu-8792.61.226
xnu-8792.81.226
xnu-8796.101.526
xnu-8796.121.226
xnu-8796.141.326

Notes

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