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27.Dd April 2, 2011
28.Dt DWARF_GET_GLOBALS 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_get_globals ,
32.Nm dwarf_global_cu_offset ,
33.Nm dwarf_global_die_offset ,
34.Nm dwarf_global_name_offsets ,
35.Nm dwarf_globname
36.Nd retrieve information about global objects
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libdwarf
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In libdwarf.h
41.Ft int
42.Fo dwarf_get_globals
43.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Global **globals"
45.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *nglobals"
46.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
47.Fc
48.Ft int
49.Fo dwarf_global_cu_offset
50.Fa "Dwarf_Global global"
51.Fa "Dwarf_Off *cu_offset"
52.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
53.Fc
54.Ft int
55.Fo dwarf_global_die_offset
56.Fa "Dwarf_Global global"
57.Fa "Dwarf_Off *die_offset"
58.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
59.Fc
60.Ft int
61.Fo dwarf_global_name_offsets
62.Fa "Dwarf_Global global"
63.Fa "char **name"
64.Fa "Dwarf_Off *die_offset"
65.Fa "Dwarf_Off *cu_die_offset"
66.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
67.Fc
68.Ft int
69.Fo dwarf_globname
70.Fa "Dwarf_Global global"
71.Fa "char **name"
72.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
73.Fc
74.Sh DESCRIPTION
75These functions retrieve information about global symbols from the
76lookup tables in the
77.Dq ".debug_pubnames"
78DWARF section.
79Information about these global symbols is returned using opaque descriptors
80of type
81.Vt Dwarf_Global .
82Applications need to use the functions described below to retrieve the
83name and the offsets for these descriptors.
84.Pp
85Function
86.Fn dwarf_get_globals
87retrieves descriptors for all the global symbols associated with the
88DWARF debug context specified by argument
89.Ar dbg .
90The argument
91.Ar globals
92should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array
93of
94.Vt Dwarf_Global
95descriptors.
96The argument
97.Ar nglobals
98should point to a location that will be set to the number of
99descriptors returned.
100.Pp
101Function
102.Fn dwarf_global_cu_offset
103returns the section-relative offset, relative to the
104.Dq ".debug_info"
105section, of the compilation unit that contains the debugging
106information entry associated with the argument
107.Ar global .
108Argument
109.Ar cu_offset
110should point to a location that will hold the returned offset.
111.Pp
112Function
113.Fn dwarf_global_die_offset
114retrieves the section-relative offset, relative to the
115.Dq ".debug_info"
116section, of the debugging information entry associated with the
117argument
118.Ar global ,
119and stores it into the location pointed to by the argument
120.Ar die_offset .
121.Pp
122Function
123.Fn dwarf_global_name_offsets
124retrieves the name and the offsets for the debugging information
125entry for argument
126.Ar global .
127Argument
128.Ar name
129should point to a location which will be set to a pointer to a
130NUL-terminated string containing the name of the associated debugging
131information entry.
132Argument
133.Ar die_offset
134should point to a location which will be set to a section-relative
135offset, relative to the
136.Dq ".debug_info"
137section, of the associated debugging information entry.
138Argument
139.Ar cu_die_offset
140should point to a location which will be set to a
141section-relative offset, relative to the
142.Dq ".debug_info"
143section, of the first debugging information entry in
144the compilation unit associated with argument
145.Ar global .
146.Pp
147Function
148.Fn dwarf_globname
149sets the location pointed to by argument
150.Ar name
151to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string holding the name of the
152debugging information entry associated with the argument
153.Ar global .
154.Ss Memory Management
155The memory area used for the array of
156.Vt Dwarf_Global
157descriptors returned in argument
158.Ar globals
159by function
160.Fn dwarf_get_globals
161is owned by the
162.Lb libdwarf .
163Application code should not attempt to directly free this pointer.
164Portable code should instead use the function
165.Xr dwarf_globals_dealloc 3
166to indicate that the memory area may be freed.
167.Pp
168The memory area used for the string returned in the
169.Ar name
170argument to functions
171.Fn dwarf_globname
172and
173.Fn dwarf_global_name_offsets
174is owned by the
175.Lb libdwarf .
176Portable code should use the
177.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3
178function to indicate that the memory area may be freed.
179.Ss Error Returns
180If argument
181.Ar err
182is not NULL, these functions will use it to store error information,
183in case of an error.
184.Sh RETURN VALUES
185On success, these functions returns
186.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
187In case of an error, they return
188.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
189and set the argument
190.Ar err .
191.Sh ERRORS
192These functions may fail with the following errors:
193.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
194.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
195One of the arguments
196.Va cu_die_offset ,
197.Va cu_offset ,
198.Va dbg ,
199.Va die_offset ,
200.Va global ,
201.Va globals ,
202.Va name ,
203or
204.Va nglobals
205was NULL.
206.El
207.Sh SEE ALSO
208.Xr dwarf 3 ,
209.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 ,
210.Xr dwarf_get_cu_die_offset_given_cu_header_offset 3 ,
211.Xr dwarf_globals_dealloc 3
212