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26.Dd November 9, 2011
27.Dt DWARF_FINISH 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm dwarf_finish ,
31.Nm dwarf_object_finish
32.Nd free resources associated with a debug descriptor
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn dwarf_finish "Dwarf_Debug dbg" "Dwarf_Error *err"
39.Ft int
40.Fn dwarf_object_finish "Dwarf_Debug dbg" "Dwarf_Error *err"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn dwarf_finish
44and
45.Fn dwarf_object_finish
46functions are used to release the resources associated with a debug
47descriptor allocated by a prior call to
48.Xr dwarf_init 3
49and
50.Xr dwarf_object_init 3
51respectively.
52.Pp
53Argument
54.Ar dbg
55denotes a valid
56.Vt Dwarf_Debug
57instance.
58Argument
59.Ar err
60will be used to record error information in case of an error.
61.Pp
62After a call to
63.Fn dwarf_finish
64or
65.Fn dwarf_object_finish ,
66the argument
67.Ar dbg
68will be invalid and should not be used further.
69.Pp
70For
71.Vt Dwarf_Debug
72descriptors opened using
73.Xr dwarf_init 3 ,
74the application would need to explicitly release the
75.Vt Elf
76instance associated with the descriptor by first retrieving
77the instance using
78.Xr dwarf_get_elf 3
79and closing it using
80.Xr elf_end 3 .
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82These functions return
83.Dv DW_DLV_OK
84if successful.
85In case of an error, the functions return
86.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
87and record additional information in argument
88.Ar err .
89.Sh EXAMPLES
90To deallocate a
91.Vt Dwarf_Debug
92instance allocated using
93.Xr dwarf_elf_init 3
94use:
95.Bd -literal -offset indent
96Dwarf_Debug dbg;
97Dwarf_Error de;
98
99if (dwarf_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
100	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_finish: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
101.Ed
102.Pp
103To deallocate a
104.Vt Dwarf_Debug
105instance allocated using
106.Xr dwarf_object_init 3
107use:
108.Bd -literal -offset indent
109Dwarf_Debug dbg;
110Dwarf_Error de;
111
112if (dwarf_object_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
113	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_object_finish: %s",
114	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
115.Ed
116.Pp
117To deallocate a
118.Vt Dwarf_Debug
119instance allocated using
120.Xr dwarf_init 3
121use:
122.Bd -literal -offset indent
123Dwarf_Debug dbg;
124Dward_Error de;
125Elf *e;
126
127if (dwarf_get_elf(dbg, &e, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
128	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_elf: %s", dwarf_errmsg(&de));
129
130if (dwarf_finish(dbg, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
131	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_finish: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
132
133(void) elf_end(e);
134.Ed
135.Sh SEE ALSO
136.Xr dwarf_elf_init 3 ,
137.Xr dwarf_get_elf 3 ,
138.Xr dwarf_init 3 ,
139.Xr dwarf_object_init 3 ,
140.Xr elf_end 3
141