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27 .\" Id: dwarf_get_abbrev.3 2071 2011-10-27 03:20:00Z jkoshy
31 .Dt DWARF_GET_ABBREV 3
34 .Nd retrieve abbreviation information
42 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned offset"
43 .Fa "Dwarf_Abbrev *ret_abbrev"
44 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *length"
45 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *attr_count"
46 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
51 retrieves information about an abbreviation from the DWARF abbreviations
54 Abbreviation information is returned using an opaque descriptor
59 descriptor may then be passed to the other abbreviation related APIs
60 in the DWARF(3) API to retrieve specific information about the
65 should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using
70 should be an offset, relative to the
72 section, to the start of an abbreviation entry.
76 should point to a location that will hold a pointer to the
83 should point to a location that will hold the number of bytes used
84 by the abbrevation in the DWARF
90 should point to a location that will hold the number of
91 attributes in the abbrevation.
95 is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
98 The memory area used for the
100 descriptor returned in argument
104 Application code should use function
106 with the allocation type
108 to free the memory area when the
110 descriptor is no longer needed.
111 .Ss Application Programming Notes
112 The last abbreviation entry in a standard DWARF abbreviation section
113 will have a special length value of 1.
122 if there is no abbreviation information at offset
124 In case of an error, it returns
126 and sets the argument
132 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY"
133 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
141 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
142 There is no abbreviation information at offset
146 To loop through all the abbreviation information associated with
147 a DWARF debug context, use:
148 .Bd -literal -offset indent
152 Dwarf_Unsigned length, attr_count;
157 while ((ret = dwarf_next_cu_header(dbg, NULL, NULL, &aboff,
158 NULL, NULL, &de)) == DW_DLV_OK) {
159 while ((ret = dwarf_get_abbrev(re->dbg, aboff, &ab, &length,
160 &attr_count, &de)) == DW_DLV_OK) {
161 if (length == 1) /* Last entry. */
164 if (dwarf_get_abbrev_tag(ab, &tag, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
165 warnx("dwarf_get_abbrev_tag failed: %s",
169 if (ret != DW_DLV_OK)
170 warnx("dwarf_get_abbrev: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
172 if (ret == DW_DLV_ERROR)
173 warnx("dwarf_next_cu_header: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
177 .Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 ,
178 .Xr dwarf_get_abbrev_tag 3 ,
179 .Xr dwarf_get_abbrev_code 3 ,
180 .Xr dwarf_get_abbrev_children_flag 3 ,
181 .Xr dwarf_get_abbrev_entry 3