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27.Dd September 4, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_NEW_DIE 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_new_die
32.Nd allocate a new debugging information entry
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft Dwarf_P_Die
38.Fo dwarf_new_die
39.Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Tag tag"
41.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die parent"
42.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die child"
43.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die left"
44.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die right"
45.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
46.Fc
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48Function
49.Fn dwarf_new_die
50allocates a new DWARF debugging information entry and links it
51to another debugging information entry.
52.Pp
53Argument
54.Ar dbg
55should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
56.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
57or
58.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
59.Pp
60Argument
61.Ar tag
62should specify the tag of the newly created debugging information entry.
63Valid values for this argument are those for the
64.Dv DW_TAG_ Ns *
65symbols defined in
66.In libdwarf.h .
67.Pp
68Argument
69.Ar parent
70specifies the parent link of the debugging information entry.
71.Pp
72Argument
73.Ar child
74specifies the first child link of the debugging information entry.
75.Pp
76Argument
77.Ar left
78specifies the left sibling link of the debugging information entry.
79.Pp
80Argument
81.Ar right
82specifies the right sibling link of the debugging information entry.
83.Pp
84Only one of arguments
85.Ar parent ,
86.Ar child ,
87.Ar left
88and
89.Ar right
90is allowed to be non-NULL.
91Application code can subsequently call the function
92.Xr dwarf_die_link 3
93to change the links for the created debugging information entry.
94.Pp
95If argument
96.Ar err
97is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case
98of an error.
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100On success, function
101.Fn dwarf_new_die
102returns the newly created debugging information entry.
103In case of an error, function
104.Fn dwarf_new_die
105returns
106.Dv DW_DLV_BADADDR
107and sets the argument
108.Ar err .
109.Sh ERRORS
110Function
111.Fn dwarf_new_die
112can fail with:
113.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
114.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
115Argument
116.Ar dbg
117was NULL.
118.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
119More than one of the arguments
120.Ar parent ,
121.Ar child ,
122.Ar left
123and
124.Ar right
125were non-NULL.
126.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
127An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
128function.
129.El
130.Sh EXAMPLES
131To create debugging information entries and add them to the producer
132instance, use:
133.Bd -literal -offset indent
134Dwarf_P_Debug dbg;
135Dwarf_P_Die die1, die2;
136Dwarf_Error de;
137
138/* ... assume dbg refers to a DWARF producer instance ... */
139
140die1 = dwarf_new_die(dbg, DW_TAG_compilation_unit, NULL, NULL, NULL,
141    NULL, &de);
142if (die1 == NULL) {
143	warnx("dwarf_new_die failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
144	return;
145}
146
147die2 = dwarf_new_die(dbg, DW_TAG_base_type, die1, NULL, NULL,
148    NULL, &de);
149if (die1 == NULL) {
150	warnx("dwarf_new_die failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
151	return;
152}
153
154if (dwarf_add_die_to_debug(dbg, die1, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
155	warnx("dwarf_add_die_to_debug failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
156	return;
157}
158.Ed
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr dwarf 3 ,
161.Xr dwarf_add_die_to_debug 3 ,
162.Xr dwarf_die_link 3 ,
163.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
164.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3
165