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27.Dd November 9, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_GET_RANGES 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_get_ranges
32.Nd retrieve non-contiguous address ranges
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo dwarf_get_ranges
39.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Off offset"
41.Fa "Dwarf_Ranges **ranges"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *cnt"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *byte_cnt"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
45.Fc
46.Ft int
47.Fo dwarf_get_ranges_a
48.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
49.Fa "Dwarf_Off offset"
50.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
51.Fa "Dwarf_Ranges **ranges"
52.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *cnt"
53.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned *byte_cnt"
54.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
55.Fc
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57Function
58.Fn dwarf_get_ranges
59retrieves information about the non-contiguous address ranges associated
60with a DWARF debugging information entry.
61Information about address ranges is returned as an array of
62descriptors of type
63.Vt Dwarf_Ranges ,
64with each
65.Vt Dwarf_Ranges
66descriptor describing one address range entry.
67.Pp
68Argument
69.Ar dbg
70should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using
71.Xr dwarf_init 3 .
72.Pp
73Argument
74.Ar offset
75is an offset, relative to the
76.Dq ".debug_ranges"
77section, to the start of the desired list of address ranges.
78The offset of an address ranges list is indicated by the
79.Dv DW_AT_ranges
80attribute of a debugging information entry.
81.Pp
82Argument
83.Ar die
84(function
85.Fn dwarf_get_ranges_a
86only) is ignored in this implementation; see the section
87.Sx "Compatibility Notes"
88below.
89.Pp
90Argument
91.Ar ranges
92should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array
93of
94.Vt Dwarf_Ranges
95descriptors.
96.Pp
97Argument
98.Ar cnt
99should point to a location that will be set to the number of entries
100returned.
101If argument
102.Ar byte_cnt
103is not NULL, it will be set to the number of bytes occupied by the
104returned entries in the
105.Dq ".debug_ranges"
106section.
107.Pp
108If argument
109.Ar err
110is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case
111of an error.
112.Pp
113.Vt Dwarf_Ranges
114descriptors are defined in the header file
115.In libdwarf.h ,
116and consists of the following fields:
117.Bl -tag -width ".Va dwr_addr1"
118.It Va dwr_addr1
119The first address offset, whose meaning depends on the type of the
120entry.
121.It Va dwr_addr2
122The second address offset, whose meaning depends on the type of the
123entry.
124.It Va dwr_type
125The type of this address range entry:
126.Bl -tag -width ".Dv DW_RANGES_ENTRY" -compact
127.It Dv DW_RANGES_ENTRY
128A range list entry.
129For this type of entry, the fields
130.Va dwr_addr1
131and
132.Va dwr_addr2
133hold the beginning and ending offsets of the address range, respectively.
134.It Dv DW_RANGES_ADDRESS_SELECTION
135A base address selection entry.
136For this type of entry, the field
137.Va dwr_addr1
138is the value of the largest representable address offset, and
139.Va dwr_addr2
140is a base address for the begining and ending address offsets of
141subsequent address range entries in the list.
142.It Dv DW_RANGES_END
143An end of list mark.
144Both
145.Va dwr_addr1
146and
147.Va dwr_addr2
148are set to 0.
149.El
150.El
151.Ss Memory Management
152The memory area used for the array of
153.Vt Dwarf_Ranges
154descriptors returned in argument
155.Ar ranges
156is owned by the
157.Lb libdwarf .
158The application should not attempt to directly free this pointer.
159Portable code should instead use
160.Fn dwarf_ranges_dealloc
161to indicate that the memory may be freed.
162.Sh COMPATIBILITY
163Function
164.Fn dwarf_get_ranges_a
165is identical to
166.Fn dwarf_get_ranges ,
167except that it requires one additional argument
168.Ar die
169denoting the debugging information entry associated with
170the address range list.
171In this implementation of the
172.Lb libdwarf ,
173the argument
174.Ar die
175is ignored, and function
176.Fn dwarf_get_ranges_a
177is only provided for compatibility with other implementations of the
178DWARF(3) API.
179.Sh RETURN VALUES
180These functions
181return
182.Dv DW_DLV_OK
183when they succeed.
184They return
185.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
186if there is no address range list at the specified offset
187.Ar offset .
188In case of an error, they return
189.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
190and set the argument
191.Ar err .
192.Sh ERRORS
193These function can fail with:
194.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY"
195.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
196One of the arguments
197.Ar dbg ,
198.Ar ranges
199or
200.Ar cnt
201was NULL.
202.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
203There is no address range list at the specified offset
204.Ar offset .
205.El
206.Sh EXAMPLE
207To retrieve the address range list associated with a debugging
208information entry, use:
209.Bd -literal -offset indent
210Dwarf_Debug dbg;
211Dwarf_Die die;
212Dwarf_Error de;
213Dwarf_Addr base;
214Dwarf_Attribute *attr_list;
215Dwarf_Ranges *ranges;
216Dwarf_Signed cnt;
217Dwarf_Unsigned off, attr_count, bytecnt;
218int i, j;
219
220if ((ret = dwarf_attrlist(die, &attr_list, &attr_count, &de)) !=
221    DW_DLV_OK)
222	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_attrlist failed: %s",
223	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
224
225for (i = 0; (Dwarf_Unsigned) i < attr_count; i++) {
226	if (dwarf_whatattr(attr_list[i], &attr, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
227		warnx("dwarf_whatattr failed: %s",
228		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
229		continue;
230	}
231	if (attr != DW_AT_ranges)
232		continue;
233	if (dwarf_formudata(attr_list[i], &off, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
234		warnx("dwarf_formudata failed: %s",
235		    dwarf_errmsg(de));
236		continue;
237	}
238	if (dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, (Dwarf_Off) off, &ranges, &cnt,
239	    &bytecnt, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
240		continue;
241	for (j = 0; j < cnt; j++) {
242		if (ranges[j].dwr_type == DW_RANGES_END)
243			break;
244		else if (ranges[j].dwr_type ==
245		    DW_RANGES_ADDRESS_SELECTION)
246			base = ranges[j].dwr_addr2;
247		else {
248			/*
249			 * DW_RANGES_ENTRY entry.
250			 * .. Use dwr_addr1 and dwr_addr2 ..
251			 */
252		}
253	}
254}
255.Ed
256.Sh SEE ALSO
257.Xr dwarf 3 ,
258.Xr dwarf_ranges_dealloc 3
259