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diff --git a/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_formref.3 b/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_formref.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abde30c --- /dev/null +++ b/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libdwarf/dwarf_formref.3 @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Joseph Koshy +.\" 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_formref.3 3181 2015-04-10 13:22:51Z emaste $ +.\" +.Dd June 21, 2010 +.Os +.Dt DWARF_FORMREF 3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm dwarf_formref , +.Nm dwarf_global_formref +.Nd retrieve offsets for REFERENCE class attributes +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libdwarf +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In libdwarf.h +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_formref +.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr" +.Fa "Dwarf_Off *retoffset" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo dwarf_global_formref +.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute attr" +.Fa "Dwarf_Off *retoffset" +.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These functions return the offsets associated with a DWARF attribute +descriptor. +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_formref +returns the compilation unit relative offset of the descriptor +referenced by argument +.Ar attr +in the location pointed to by argument +.Ar retoffset . +Argument +.Ar attr +must be a reference that is local to a compilation unit. +Permitted forms for argument +.Ar attr +are +.Dv DW_FORM_ref1 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref2 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref4 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref8 +and +.Dv DW_FORM_ref_udata . +.Pp +Function +.Fn dwarf_global_formref +returns the section-relative offset of the descriptor referenced by +argument +.Ar attr +in the location pointed to by argument +.Ar retoffset . +Argument +.Ar attr +should be a legal +.Sy REFERENCE +class form. +Permitted forms for argument +.Ar attr +are: +.Dv DW_FORM_ref_addr , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref_udata , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref1 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref2 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref4 , +.Dv DW_FORM_ref8 +and +.Dv DW_FORM_sec_offset . +The returned offset is relative to the start of the +.Dq .debug_info +ELF section. +.Pp +If argument +.Ar err +is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case +of an error. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +These functions return +.Dv DW_DLV_OK +on success. +In case of an error, these functions return +.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR +and sets argument +.Ar err . +.Sh ERRORS +These functions may fail with the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD" +.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT +Either of arguments +.Ar attr +or +.Ar retoffset +was NULL. +.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD +The attribute referenced by argument +.Ar attr +was not of a permitted kind. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dwarf 3 , +.Xr dwarf_attr 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formblock 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formflag 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formsdata 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formsig8 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formstring 3 , +.Xr dwarf_formudata 3 , +.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3 |