xref: /freebsd/contrib/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_die_link.3 (revision 43a5ec4eb41567cc92586503212743d89686d78f)
1.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kai Wang
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\"
13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
24.\"
25.\" $Id: dwarf_die_link.3 3640 2018-10-14 14:09:13Z jkoshy $
26.\"
27.Dd September 4, 2011
28.Dt DWARF_DIE_LINK 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_die_link
32.Nd link a debugging information entry
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft Dwarf_P_Die
38.Fo dwarf_die_link
39.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die die"
40.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die parent"
41.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die child"
42.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die left"
43.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die right"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Function
48.Fn dwarf_die_link
49links debugging information entries together.
50.Pp
51Argument
52.Ar die
53should specify the debugging information entry to be updated.
54.Pp
55Argument
56.Ar parent
57specifies the new parent link for the debugging information entry.
58.Pp
59Argument
60.Ar child
61specifies the new first child link for the debugging information entry.
62.Pp
63Argument
64.Ar left
65specifies the new left sibling link for the debugging information entry.
66.Pp
67Argument
68.Ar right
69specifies the new right sibling link for the debugging information entry.
70.Pp
71Only one of arguments
72.Ar parent ,
73.Ar child ,
74.Ar left
75and
76.Ar right
77is allowed to be non-NULL.
78Existing links to parent, child, left or right debugging information
79entries, if any, will be unlinked before the specified link is
80established.
81.Pp
82If argument
83.Ar err
84is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case
85of an error.
86.Sh RETURN VALUES
87On success, function
88.Fn dwarf_die_link
89returns the debugging information entry provided in argument
90.Ar die .
91In case of an error, function
92.Fn dwarf_die_link
93returns
94.Dv DW_DLV_BADADDR
95and sets the argument
96.Ar err .
97.Sh ERRORS
98The function
99.Fn dwarf_die_link
100can fail with:
101.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
102.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
103Argument
104.Ar die
105was NULL.
106.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
107More than one of the arguments
108.Ar parent ,
109.Ar child ,
110.Ar left
111and
112.Ar right
113were non-NULL.
114.El
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr dwarf 3 ,
117.Xr dwarf_add_die_to_debug 3 ,
118.Xr dwarf_new_die 3
119