DWARF_GET_TYPES(3) BSD Library Functions Manual DWARF_GET_TYPES(3)
NAME
dwarf_get_types, dwarf_type_cu_offset, dwarf_type_die_offset, dwarf_type_name_offsets, dwarf_typename -- retrieve information about user-
defined types
LIBRARY
DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libdwarf.h>
int
dwarf_get_types(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Type **types, Dwarf_Signed *ntypes, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_type_cu_offset(Dwarf_Type type, Dwarf_Off *cu_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_type_die_offset(Dwarf_Type type, Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_type_name_offsets(Dwarf_Type type, char **name, Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Off *cu_die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);
int
dwarf_typename(Dwarf_Type type, char **name, Dwarf_Error *err);
DESCRIPTION
These APIs retrieve information about user-defined types from the SGI-specific ``.debug_typenames'' section.
Standards-conformant applications should use the functions dwarf_get_pubtypes(3), dwarf_pubtype_cu_offset(3), dwarf_pubtype_die_offset(3),
dwarf_pubtype_name_offsets(3) and dwarf_pubtypename(3), which operate on the equivalent ``.debug_pubtypes'' section defined by the DWARF3
standard.
Information about user-defined types is returned using opaque descriptors of type Dwarf_Type. Applications need to use the functions
described below to retrieve the name and offset information contained in these descriptors.
Function dwarf_get_types() retrieves descriptors for all user-defined types associated with the DWARF debug context specified by argument
dbg. The argument types should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to an array of Dwarf_Type descriptors. The argument ntypes
should point to a location that will be set to the number of descriptors returned.
Function dwarf_type_cu_offset() returns the offset, relative to the ``.debug_info'' section, of the compilation unit that contains the debug-
ging information entry associated with the argument type. Argument cu_offset should point to a location that will hold the returned offset.
Function dwarf_type_die_offset() retrieves the offset, relative to the ``.debug_info'' section, of the debugging information entry associated
with the argument type, and stores it into the location pointed to by the argument die_offset.
Function dwarf_type_name_offsets() retrieves the name and offsets for the debugging information entry for argument type. 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 informa-
tion entry. Argument die_offset should point to a location which will be set to the 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 offset, relative to the
``.debug_info'' section, of the first debugging information entry in the compilation unit associated with argument type.
Function dwarf_typename() sets the location pointed to by argument name to a pointer to a NUL-terminated string holding the name of the
debugging information entry associated with the argument type.
Memory Management
The memory area used for the array of Dwarf_Type descriptors returned in argument types by function dwarf_get_types() 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_types_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_type_name_offsets() and dwarf_typename() 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, type, types, name, or ntypes was NULL.
[DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY] The DWARF debugging context referenced by argument dbg did not contain information about user-defined types.
SEE ALSO
dwarf(3), dwarf_get_cu_die_offset_given_cu_header_offset(3), dwarf_get_pubtypes(3), dwarf_pubtype_cu_offset(3), dwarf_pubtype_die_offset(3),
dwarf_pubtype_name_offsets(3), dwarf_pubtypename(3), dwarf_types_dealloc(3)
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April 10, 2011 BSD