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3.1 KiB
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110 lines
3.1 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Joseph Koshy
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.\" $Id: dwarf_formexprloc.3 2073 2011-10-27 03:30:47Z jkoshy $
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.\"
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.Dd July 25, 2010
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.Os
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.Dt DWARF_FORMEXPRLOC 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dwarf_formexprloc
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.Nd return information about a location expression
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libdwarf
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libdwarf.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo dwarf_formexprloc
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.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr"
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.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *retlen"
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.Fa "Dwarf_Ptr *retexpr"
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.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Function
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.Fn dwarf_formexprloc
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allows an application to retrieve the length and the bytes of a
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DWARF location expression.
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar attr
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should reference a DWARF attribute of the form
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.Dv DW_FORM_exprloc .
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Argument
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.Ar retlen
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should point to a location that will be set to the length of the
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location expression.
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Argument
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.Ar retexpr
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should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to the
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content of the location expression itself.
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.Pp
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If argument
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.Ar err
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is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case
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of an error.
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.Ss Memory Management
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The application should not attempt to free the memory
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area referenced by the pointer returned in argument
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.Ar retexpr .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Function
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.Fn dwarf_formexprloc
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returns
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.Dv DW_DLV_OK
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on success.
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In case of an error, it returns
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.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
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and sets argument
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.Ar err .
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.Sh ERRORS
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Function
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.Fn dwarf_formexprloc
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may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD"
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.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
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One of arguments
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.Ar attr ,
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.Ar retlen
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or
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.Ar retexpr
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was NULL.
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.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD
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The attribute referenced by argument
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.Ar attr
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was not of form
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.Dv DW_FORM_exprloc .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dwarf 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formblock 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formflag 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formref 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formsdata 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formsig8 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formstring 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_formudata 3 ,
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.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3
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