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DWARF_GET_GLOBALS(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual DWARF_GET_GLOBALS(3)
NAME
dwarf_get_globals, dwarf_global_cu_offset, dwarf_global_die_offset,
dwarf_global_name_offsets, dwarf_globname - retrieve information about
global objects
LIBRARY
DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libdwarf.h>
int
dwarf_get_globals(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Global **globals,
Dwarf_Signed *nglobals, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_global_cu_offset(Dwarf_Global global, Dwarf_Off *cu_offset,
Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_global_die_offset(Dwarf_Global global, Dwarf_Off *die_offset,
Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_global_name_offsets(Dwarf_Global global, char **name,
Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Off *cu_die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_globname(Dwarf_Global global, char **name, Dwarf_Error *err);
DESCRIPTION
These functions retrieve information about global symbols from the lookup
tables in the ".debug_pubnames" DWARF section. Information about these
global symbols is returned using opaque descriptors of type Dwarf_Global.
Applications need to use the functions described below to retrieve the
name and the offsets for these descriptors.
Function dwarf_get_globals() retrieves descriptors for all the global
symbols associated with the DWARF debug context specified by argument
dbg. The argument globals should point to a location that will be set to
a pointer to an array of Dwarf_Global descriptors. The argument nglobals
should point to a location that will be set to the number of descriptors
returned.
Function dwarf_global_cu_offset() returns the section-relative offset,
relative to the ".debug_info" section, of the compilation unit that
contains the debugging information entry associated with the argument
global. Argument cu_offset should point to a location that will hold the
returned offset.
Function dwarf_global_die_offset() retrieves the section-relative offset,
relative to the ".debug_info" section, of the debugging information entry
associated with the argument global, and stores it into the location
pointed to by the argument die_offset.
Function dwarf_global_name_offsets() retrieves the name and the offsets
for the debugging information entry for argument global. Argument name
debugging information entry in the compilation unit associated with
argument global.
Function dwarf_globname() sets the location pointed to by argument name
to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string holding the name of the debugging
information entry associated with the argument global.
Memory Management
The memory area used for the array of Dwarf_Global descriptors returned
in argument globals by function dwarf_get_globals() is owned by the DWARF
Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf). Application code should not attempt
to directly free this pointer. Portable code should instead use the
function dwarf_globals_dealloc(3) to indicate that the memory area may be
freed.
The memory area used for the string returned in the name argument to
functions dwarf_globname() and dwarf_global_name_offsets() is owned by
the DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf). Portable code should use
the dwarf_dealloc(3) function to indicate that the memory area may be
freed.
Error Returns
If argument err is not NULL, these functions will use it to store error
information, in case of an error.
RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions returns DW_DLV_OK. In case of an error, they
return DW_DLV_ERROR and set the argument err.
ERRORS
These functions may fail with the following errors:
[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT] One of the arguments cu_die_offset, cu_offset, dbg,
die_offset, global, globals, name, or nglobals was
NULL.
SEE ALSO
dwarf(3), dwarf_dealloc(3),
dwarf_get_cu_die_offset_given_cu_header_offset(3),
dwarf_globals_dealloc(3)
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 2, 2011 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11