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