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diff --git a/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_child.3 b/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_child.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e32e58 --- /dev/null +++ b/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_child.3 @@ -0,0 +1,278 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2010,2014 Kai Wang +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id: dwarf_child.3 3127 2014-12-21 19:09:19Z jkoshy $ +.\" +.Dd December 21, 2014 +.Os +.Dt DWARF_CHILD 3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm dwarf_child , +.Nm dwarf_offdie , +.Nm dwarf_offdie_b , +.Nm dwarf_siblingof , +.Nm dwarf_siblingof_b +.Nd retrieve DWARF Debugging Information Entry descriptors +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libdwarf +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In libdwarf.h +.Ft int +.Fn dwarf_child "Dwarf_Die die" "Dwarf_Die *ret_die" "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_offdie +.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg" +.Fa "Dwarf_Off offset" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die *ret_die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_offdie_b +.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg" +.Fa "Dwarf_Off offset" +.Fa "Dwarf_Bool is_info" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die *ret_die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_siblingof +.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die *ret_die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_siblingof_b +.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Die *ret_die" +.Fa "Dwarf_Bool is_info" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These functions are used to retrieve and traverse DWARF +Debugging Information Entry (DIE) descriptors associated with +a compilation unit. +These descriptors are arranged in the form of a tree, traversable +using +.Dq child +and +.Dq sibling +links; see +.Xr dwarf 3 +for more information. +DWARF Debugging Information Entry descriptors are represented +by the +.Vt Dwarf_Die +opaque type. +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_child +retrieves the child of descriptor denoted by argument +.Ar die , +and stores it in the location pointed to by argument +.Ar ret_die . +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_siblingof +retrieves the sibling of the descriptor denoted by argument +.Ar die , +and stores it in the location pointed to by argument +.Ar ret_die . +If argument +.Ar die +is NULL, the first debugging information entry descriptor for the +current compilation unit will be returned. +This function and function +.Fn dwarf_child +may be used together to traverse the tree of debugging information +entry descriptors for a compilation unit. +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_siblingof_b +is identical to the function +.Fn dwarf_siblingof +except that it can retrieve the sibling descriptor from either the +current compilation unit or type unit. +If argument +.Ar is_info +is non-zero, the function behaves identically to function +.Fn dwarf_siblingof . +If argument +.Ar is_info +is zero, the descriptor referred by argument +.Ar die +should be associated with a debugging information entry in the +type unit. +The function will store the sibling of the descriptor in the location +pointed to by argument +.Ar ret_die . +If argument +.Ar is_info +is zero and argument +.Ar die +is +.Dv NULL , +the first debugging information entry descriptor for the +current type unit will be returned. +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_offdie +retrieves the debugging information entry descriptor at global offset +.Ar offset +in the +.Dq .debug_info +section of the object associated with argument +.Ar dbg . +The returned descriptor is written to the location pointed to by argument +.Ar ret_die . +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_offdie_b +is identical to the function +.Fn dwarf_offdie +except that it can retrieve the debugging information entry descriptor at +global offset +.Ar offset +from either of the +.Dq .debug_info +and +.Dq .debug_types +sections of the object associated with argument +.Ar dbg . +If argument +.Ar is_info +is non-zero, the function will retrieve the debugging information +entry from the +.Dq .debug_info +section, otherwise the function will retrieve the debugging +information entry from the +.Dq .debug_types +section. +The returned descriptor is written to the location pointed to by argument +.Ar ret_die . +.Ss Memory Management +The memory area used for the +.Vt Dwarf_Die +descriptor returned in argument +.Ar ret_die +is allocated by the +.Lb libdwarf . +Application code should use function +.Fn dwarf_dealloc +with the allocation type +.Dv DW_DLA_DIE +to free the memory area when the +.Vt Dwarf_Die +descriptor is no longer needed. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +These functions return the following values: +.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY" +.It Bq Er DW_DLV_OK +The call succeeded. +.It Bq Er DW_DLV_ERROR +The requested operation failed. +Additional information about the error encountered will be recorded in +argument +.Ar err , +if it is not NULL. +.It Bq Er DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY +For functions +.Fn dwarf_child , +.Fn dwarf_siblingof +and +.Fn dwarf_siblingof_b , +the descriptor denoted by argument +.Ar die +did not have a child or sibling. +.Pp +For functions +.Fn dwarf_offdie +and +.Fn dwarf_offdie_b , +there was no debugging information entry at the offset specified by +argument +.Ar offset . +.El +.Sh ERRORS +These functions may fail with the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_DIE_NO_CU_CONTEXT" +.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT +Arguments +.Ar dbg , +.Ar die +or +.Ar ret_die +were NULL. +.It Bq Er DW_DLE_DIE_NO_CU_CONTEXT +Argument +.Ar dbg +was not associated with a compilation unit. +.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY +The descriptor denoted by argument +.Ar die +had no child or sibling, or there was no DWARF debugging information +entry at the offset specified by argument +.Va offset . +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +To retrieve the first DWARF Debugging Information Entry descriptor for +the first compilation unit associated with a +.Vt Dwarf_Debug +instance, and to traverse all its children, use: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +Dwarf_Debug dbg; +Dwarf_Die die, die0; +Dwarf_Error de; + +\&... allocate dbg using dwarf_init() etc ... + +if (dwarf_next_cu_header(dbg, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &de) != + DW_DLV_OK) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_next_cu_header: %s", + dwarf_errmsg(de)); + +/* Get the first DIE for the current compilation unit. */ +die = NULL; +if (dwarf_siblingof(dbg, die, &die0, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_siblingof: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de)); + +/* Get the first child of this DIE. */ +die = die0; +if (dwarf_child(die, &die0, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_child: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de)); + +/* Get the rest of children. */ +do { + die = die0; + if (dwarf_siblingof(dbg, die, &die0, &de) == DW_DLV_ERROR) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_siblingof: %s", + dwarf_errmsg(de)); +} while (die0 != NULL); +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dwarf 3 , +.Xr dwarf_errmsg 3 , +.Xr dwarf_get_die_infotypes_flag.3 , +.Xr dwarf_next_cu_header 3 |