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27 .\" Id: dwarf_loclist_from_expr.3 2074 2011-10-27 03:34:33Z jkoshy
31 .Dt DWARF_LOCLIST_FROM_EXPR 3
33 .Nm dwarf_loclist_from_expr ,
34 .Nm dwarf_loclist_from_expr_a
35 .Nd translate DWARF location expression bytes
41 .Fo dwarf_loclist_from_expr
43 .Fa "Dwarf_Ptr bytes_in"
44 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned bytes_len"
45 .Fa "Dwarf_Locdesc **llbuf"
46 .Fa "Dwarf_Signed *listlen"
47 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
50 .Fo dwarf_loclist_from_expr_a
52 .Fa "Dwarf_Ptr bytes_in"
53 .Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned bytes_len"
54 .Fa "Dwarf_Half addr_size"
55 .Fa "Dwarf_Locdesc **llbuf"
56 .Fa "Dwarf_Signed *listlen"
57 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
61 .Fn dwarf_loclist_from_expr
62 translates DWARF location expression bytes into a
65 The size for address related data is taken to be the default address
66 size for the object being read.
70 should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using
75 should point to an array of DWARF location expression bytes.
79 should specify the number of the location expression bytes to be
84 should point to a location which will be set to a pointer
91 should point to a location which will hold the number of the
94 In this case it is always set to 1.
98 is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
102 .Fn dwarf_loclist_from_expr_a
103 is identical to function
104 .Fn dwarf_loclist_from_expr ,
105 except that it requires one additional argument
107 which specifies the address size to use when translating the location
109 .Ss Memory Management
110 The memory area used for the descriptor returned in argument
114 When the descriptor is no longer needed, application code should use
117 to free the memory area in two steps:
122 descriptors pointed to by the
126 descriptor should be deallocated using the allocation type
127 .Dv DW_DLA_LOC_BLOCK .
129 Next, the application should free the
131 pointer using the allocation type
135 On success, these functions returns
137 In case of an error, they return
142 These functions may fail with the following errors:
143 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_LOC_EXPR_BAD"
144 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
152 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
156 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
157 The value of argument
160 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_LOC_EXPR_BAD
161 An unknown or invalid operation was found in the location expression
162 bytes provided in argument
164 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
165 An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
170 .Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 ,
171 .Xr dwarf_loclist_n 3 ,
172 .Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_all_regs3 3 ,
173 .Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_cfa_reg3 3 ,
174 .Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_reg3 3 ,
175 .Xr dwarf_get_loclist_entry 3