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UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3)					       Programming Library					      UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3)

NAME
       unw_get_proc_name -- get name of current procedure

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libunwind.h>

       int unw_get_proc_name(unw_cursor_t *cp, char *bufp, size_t len, unw_word_t *offp);

DESCRIPTION
       The  unw_get_proc_name()  routine returns the name of the procedure that created the stack frame identified by argument cp.  The bufp argu-
       ment is a pointer to a character buffer that is at least len bytes long. This buffer is used to return the name of the procedure. The  offp
       argument  is  a	pointer to a word that is used to return the byte-offset of the instruction-pointer saved in the stack frame identified by
       cp, relative to the start of the procedure. For example, if procedure foo() starts at address 0x40003000, then invoking unw_get_proc_name()
       on  a stack frame with an instruction-pointer value of 0x40003080 would return a value of 0x80 in the word pointed to by offp (assuming the
       procedure is at least 0x80 bytes long).

       Note that on some platforms there is no reliable way to distinguish between procedure names and ordinary  labels.  Furthermore,	if  symbol
       information  has  been  stripped  from  a  program, procedure names may be completely unavailable or may be limited to those exported via a
       dynamic symbol table. In such cases, unw_get_proc_name() may return the name of a label or a preceeding (nearby) procedure.   However,  the
       offset  returned through offp is always relative to the returned name, which ensures that the value (address) of the returned name plus the
       returned offset will always be equal to the instruction-pointer of the stack frame identified by cp.

RETURN VALUE
       On successful completion, unw_get_proc_name() returns 0.  Otherwise the negative value of one of the error-codes below is returned.

THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY
       unw_get_proc_name() is thread-safe. If cursor cp is in the local address-space, this routine is also safe to use from a signal handler.

ERRORS
       UNW_EUNSPEC
	       An unspecified error occurred.

       UNW_ENOINFO
	       Libunwind was unable to determine the name of the procedure.

       UNW_ENOMME
	       The procedure name is too long to fit in the buffer provided. A truncated version of the name has been returned.

       In addition, unw_get_proc_name() may return any error returned by the access_mem() call-back (see unw_create_addr_space(3)).

SEE ALSO
       libunwind(3), unw_get_proc_info(3)

AUTHOR
       David Mosberger-Tang
       Email: dmosberger@gmail.com
       WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/.

Programming Library						  16 August 2007					      UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3)