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27.Dd November 9, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_EXPAND_FRAME_INSTRUCTIONS 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
32.Nd expand frame instructions
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
39.Fa "Dwarf_Cie cie"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Ptr instructions"
41.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned len"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Frame_Op **ret_ops"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *ret_opcnt"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *error"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Function
48.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
49translates DWARF frame instruction bytes into an array of
50.Vt Dwarf_Frame_Op
51descriptors.
52.Pp
53Argument
54.Ar cie
55should reference the CIE descriptor associated with the instructions
56to be translated.
57.Pp
58Arugment
59.Ar instructions
60should point to an array of frame instruction bytes, as
61returned by the functions
62.Xr dwarf_get_cie_info 3
63or
64.Xr dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes 3 .
65.Pp
66Argument
67.Ar len
68should specify the number of the frame instruction bytes to be
69translated.
70.Pp
71Argument
72.Ar ret_ops
73should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to
74an array of translated
75.Vt Dwarf_Frame_Op
76descriptors.
77.Pp
78Argument
79.Ar ret_opcnt
80should point to a location that will hold the total number of the
81returned descriptors.
82.Pp
83If argument
84.Ar err
85is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
86error.
87.Ss Memory Management
88The memory area used for the descriptor array returned in argument
89.Ar ret_ops
90is allocated by
91.Lb libdwarf .
92Application code should use function
93.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3
94with type
95.Dv DW_DLA_FRAME_BLOCK
96to free the memory area when the descriptor array is no longer needed.
97.Sh RETURN VALUES
98Function
99.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
100returns
101.Dv DW_DLV_OK
102when it succeeds.
103In case of an error, it returns
104.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
105and sets the argument
106.Ar err .
107.Sh ERRORS
108Function
109.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
110can fail with:
111.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
112.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
113One of the arguments
114.Ar cie ,
115.Ar instructions ,
116.Ar ret_ops
117or
118.Ar ret_opcnt
119was NULL.
120.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
121Argument
122.Ar len
123was 0.
124.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
125An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
126this function.
127.It Bq Er DW_DLE_FRAME_INSTR_EXEC_ERROR
128An unknown instruction was found in the instruction bytes provided
129in argument
130.Ar instructions .
131.El
132.Sh EXAMPLE
133To retrieve and expand the frame instructions for a given FDE
134descriptor, use:
135.Bd -literal -offset indent
136Dwarf_Dbg dbg;
137Dwarf_Cie cie;
138Dwarf_Fde fde;
139Dwarf_Ptr fde_inst;
140Dwarf_Unsigned fde_instlen;
141Dwarf_Frame_Op *ops;
142Dwarf_Signed opcnt;
143Dwarf_Error de;
144
145/* ... assuming `dbg` references a valid DWARF debugging context,
146  `fde` references a valid FDE descriptor and `cie` holds the CIE
147  descriptor associated with the FDE descriptor ... */
148
149if (dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes(fde, &fde_inst, &fde_instlen,
150    &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
151	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes failed: %s",
152	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
153
154if (dwarf_expand_frame_instructions(cie, fde_inst, fde_instlen,
155    &ops, &opcnt, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
156	errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
157	    "dwarf_expand_frame_instructions failed: %s",
158	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
159
160for (i = 0; i < opcnt; i++) {
161	/* ... use ops[i] ... */
162}
163
164/* Free the memory area when no longer needed. */
165dwarf_dealloc(dbg, ops, DW_DLA_FRAME_BLOCK);
166.Ed
167.Sh SEE ALSO
168.Xr dwarf 3 ,
169.Xr dwarf_frame_instructions_dealloc 3 ,
170.Xr dwarf_get_cie_info 3 ,
171.Xr dwarf_get_cie_index 3 ,
172.Xr dwarf_get_cie_of_fde ,
173.Xr dwarf_get_fde_at_pc 3 ,
174.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_all_regs 3 ,
175.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_all_regs3 3 ,
176.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_cfa_reg3 3 ,
177.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_reg 3 ,
178.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_reg3 3 ,
179.Xr dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes 3 ,
180.Xr dwarf_get_fde_list 3 ,
181.Xr dwarf_get_fde_list_eh 3 ,
182.Xr dwarf_get_fde_n 3
183