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27.Dd November 9, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_GET_FDE_LIST 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_get_fde_list
32.Nd retrieve frame information
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo dwarf_get_fde_list
39.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Cie **cie_list"
41.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *cie_count"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Fde **fde_list"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *fde_count"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
45.Fc
46.Ft int
47.Fo dwarf_get_fde_list_eh
48.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
49.Fa "Dwarf_Cie **cie_list"
50.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *cie_count"
51.Fa "Dwarf_Fde **fde_list"
52.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *fde_count"
53.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
54.Fc
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56These functions retrieve frame related information for the specified
57DWARF debug context.
58.Pp
59Function
60.Fn dwarf_get_fde_list
61retrieves frame information from the DWARF section named
62.Dq ".debug_frame" .
63For objects containing GNU style C++ exception handling
64information, the function
65.Fn dwarf_get_fde_list_eh
66retrieves frame information from the section named
67.Dq ".eh_frame" .
68.Pp
69Frame information is returned using opaque descriptors
70of type
71.Vt Dwarf_Cie
72and
73.Vt Dwarf_Fde .
74Applications need to use the other frame related functions in the
75DWARF(3) API set to retrieve the information contained in these
76descriptors.
77.Pp
78Argument
79.Ar dbg
80should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using
81.Xr dwarf_init 3 .
82.Pp
83Argument
84.Ar cie_list
85should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array
86of
87.Vt Dwarf_Cie
88descriptors.
89.Pp
90Argument
91.Ar cie_count
92should point to a location that will be set to the number of
93.Vt Dwarf_Cie
94descriptors returned.
95.Pp
96Argument
97.Ar fde_list
98should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array
99of
100.Vt Dwarf_Fde
101descriptors.
102.Pp
103Argument
104.Ar fde_count
105should point to a location that will be set to the number of
106.Vt Dwarf_Fde
107descriptors returned.
108.Pp
109If argument
110.Ar err
111is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
112error.
113.Ss Memory Management
114The memory areas used for the arrays returned in arguments
115.Ar cie_list
116and
117.Ar fde_list
118are owned by the
119.Lb libdwarf .
120Application code should not attempt to directly free these areas.
121Portable applications should instead use the
122.Xr dwarf_fde_cie_list_dealloc 3
123function to indicate that these memory areas may be freed.
124.Sh RETURN VALUES
125On success, these functions returns
126.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
127They return
128.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
129if there is no frame information associated with the given DWARF
130debug context.
131In case of an error, they return
132.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
133and set the argument
134.Ar err .
135.Sh ERRORS
136These functions may fail with the following errors:
137.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
138.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
139One of the arguments
140.Va dbg ,
141.Va cie_list ,
142.Va cie_count ,
143.Va fde_list
144or
145.Va fde_count
146was NULL.
147.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
148There is no frame information associated with the giving DWARF debug
149context.
150.El
151.Sh EXAMPLE
152To obtain frame information from the
153.Dq ".debug_frame"
154section, use:
155.Bd -literal -offset indent
156Dwarf_Debug dbg;
157Dwarf_Cie *cie_list, cie;
158Dwarf_Fde *fde_list, fde;
159Dwarf_Off fde_offset, cie_offset;
160Dwarf_Unsigned func_len, fde_length, fde_instlen;
161Dwarf_Signed cie_count, fde_count, cie_index;
162Dwarf_Addr low_pc;
163Dwarf_Ptr fde_addr, fde_inst, cie_inst;
164Dwarf_Error de;
165int i;
166
167if (dwarf_get_fde_list(dbg, &cie_list, &cie_count,
168    &fde_list, &fde_count, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
169	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_fde_list failed: %s",
170	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
171}
172
173for (i = 0; i < fde_count; i++) {
174	if (dwarf_get_fde_n(fde_list, i, &fde, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
175		warnx("dwarf_get_fde_n failed: %s",
176		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
177		continue;
178	}
179	if (dwarf_get_cie_of_fde(fde, &cie, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
180		warnx("dwarf_get_fde_n failed: %s",
181		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
182		continue;
183	}
184	if (dwarf_get_fde_range(fde, &low_pc, &func_len, &fde_addr,
185	    &fde_length, &cie_offset, &cie_index, &fde_offset,
186	    &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
187		warnx("dwarf_get_fde_range failed: %s",
188		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
189		continue;
190	}
191	if (dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes(fde, &fde_inst, &fde_instlen,
192	    &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
193		warnx("dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes failed: %s",
194		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
195		continue;
196	}
197
198	/* ... Use the retrieved frame information ... */
199}
200
201/* Indicate that the returned arrays may be freed. */
202dwarf_fde_cie_list_dealloc(dbg, cie_list, cie_count, fde_list,
203    fde_count);
204.Ed
205.Sh SEE ALSO
206.Xr dwarf 3 ,
207.Xr dwarf_get_cie_index 3 ,
208.Xr dwarf_get_cie_of_fde 3 ,
209.Xr dwarf_get_fde_at_pc 3 ,
210.Xr dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes 3 ,
211.Xr dwarf_get_fde_n 3 ,
212.Xr dwarf_get_fde_range 3 ,
213.Xr dwarf_fde_cie_list_dealloc 3 ,
214.Xr dwarf_set_frame_cfa_value 3 ,
215.Xr dwarf_set_frame_rule_table_size 3 ,
216.Xr dwarf_set_frame_rule_initial_value 3 ,
217.Xr dwarf_set_frame_same_value 3 ,
218.Xr dwarf_set_frame_undefined_value 3
219