DWARF_GET_VARS(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					 DWARF_GET_VARS(3)

NAME

     dwarf_get_vars, dwarf_var_cu_offset, dwarf_var_die_offset, dwarf_var_name_offsets, dwarf_varname -- retrieve information about static vari-
     ables

LIBRARY

     DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <libdwarf.h>

     int
     dwarf_get_vars(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Var **vars, Dwarf_Signed *nvars, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_var_cu_offset(Dwarf_Var var, Dwarf_Off *cu_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_var_die_offset(Dwarf_Var var, Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_var_name_offsets(Dwarf_Var var, char **name, Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Off *cu_die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_varname(Dwarf_Var var, char **name, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

     These functions retrieve information about the file scope static variables associated with a DWARF debug context.	Information about these
     static variables is returned using opaque descriptors of type Dwarf_Var.  Applications need to use the functions described below to retrieve
     the name and offset information contained in these descriptors.

     Function dwarf_get_vars() retrieves descriptors for all the static variables associated with the DWARF debug context specified by argument
     dbg.  The argument vars should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array of Dwarf_Var descriptors.  The argument nvars
     should point to a location that will be set to the number of descriptors returned.

     Function dwarf_var_cu_offset() returns the section-relative offset, relative to the ``.debug_info'' section, of the compilation unit that
     contains the debugging information entry associated with the argument var.  Argument cu_offset should point to a location that will hold the
     returned offset.

     Function dwarf_var_die_offset() retrieves the section-relative offset, relative to the ``.debug_info'' section, of the debugging information
     entry associated with the argument var, and stores it into the location pointed to by the argument die_offset.

     Function dwarf_var_name_offsets() retrieves both the name and the associated offsets for the debugging information entry for argument var.
     Argument name should point to a location which will be set to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string containing the name of the associated
     debugging information entry.  Argument die_offset should point to a location which will be set to a section-relative offset, relative to the
     ``.debug_info'' section, of the associated debugging information entry.  Argument cu_die_offset should point to a location which will be set
     to a section-relative offset, relative to the ``.debug_info'' section, of the first debugging information entry in the compilation unit asso-
     ciated with argument var.

     Function dwarf_varname() sets the location pointed to by argument name to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string holding the name of the debug-
     ging information entry associated with the argument var.

   Memory Management
     The memory area used for the array of Dwarf_Var descriptors returned in argument vars by function dwarf_get_vars() is owned by the DWARF
     Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf).  Application code should not attempt to directly free this pointer.  Portable code should instead use the
     function dwarf_vars_dealloc(3) to indicate that the memory area may be freed.

     The memory area used for the string returned in the name argument to functions dwarf_var_name_offsets() and dwarf_varname() is owned by the
     DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf).	Portable code should indicate that the memory area can be freed using the dwarf_dealloc(3) func-
     tion.

   Error Returns
     If argument err is not NULL, these functions will use it to store error information, in case of an error.

RETURN VALUES

     On success, these functions returns DW_DLV_OK.  In case of an error, they return DW_DLV_ERROR and set the argument err.

ERRORS

     These functions may fail with the following errors:

     [DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]	One of the arguments cu_die_offset, cu_offset, dbg, die_offset, var, vars, name, or nvars was NULL.

SEE ALSO

     dwarf(3), dwarf_dealloc(3), dwarf_get_cu_die_offset_given_cu_header_offset(3), dwarf_vars_dealloc(3)

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								   April 2, 2011							       BSD