xref: /freebsd/contrib/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_diename.3 (revision 0b3105a37d7adcadcb720112fed4dc4e8040be99)
1.\" Copyright (c) 2010 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_diename.3 2073 2011-10-27 03:30:47Z jkoshy $
26.\"
27.Dd March 31, 2010
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_DIENAME 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_diename
32.Nd retrieve the name associated with a debugging information entry
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn dwarf_diename "Dwarf_Die die" "char **ret_name" "Dwarf_Error *err"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40Function
41.Fn dwarf_diename
42retrieves a pointer to the NUL-terminated string associated with the
43.Dv DW_AT_name
44attribute of the debugging information entry descriptor referenced by
45argument
46.Ar die .
47If the pointer was successfully retrieved, it is stored in the location
48pointed to by argument
49.Ar ret_name .
50.Sh RETURN VALUES
51Function
52.Fn dwarf_diename
53returns
54.Dv DW_DLV_OK on success.
55.Pp
56If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
57.Ar die
58does not contain a
59.Dv DW_AT_name
60attribute, the function returns
61.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
62and sets argument
63.Ar err .
64For other errors, it returns
65.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
66and sets argument
67.Ar err .
68.Sh ERRORS
69Function
70.Fn dwarf_diename
71can fail with the following errors:
72.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
73.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
74Either of arguments
75.Ar die
76or
77.Ar ret_name
78was NULL.
79.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
80Argument
81.Ar die
82had no
83.Dv DW_AT_name
84attribute.
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr dwarf 3 ,
88.Xr dwarf_tag 3 ,
89.Xr dwarf_dieoffset 3 ,
90.Xr dwarf_die_abbrev_code 3
91