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DWARF_GET_PUBTYPES(3)      Library Functions Manual      DWARF_GET_PUBTYPES(3)

NAME
     dwarf_get_pubtypes, dwarf_pubtype_cu_offset, dwarf_pubtype_die_offset,
     dwarf_pubtype_name_offsets, dwarf_pubtypename - retrieve information
     about user-defined types

LIBRARY
     DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libdwarf.h>

     int
     dwarf_get_pubtypes(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Type **types,
         Dwarf_Signed *ntypes, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_pubtype_cu_offset(Dwarf_Type type, Dwarf_Off *cu_offset,
         Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_pubtype_die_offset(Dwarf_Type type, Dwarf_Off *die_offset,
         Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_pubtype_name_offsets(Dwarf_Type type, char **name,
         Dwarf_Off *die_offset, Dwarf_Off *cu_die_offset, Dwarf_Error *err);

     int
     dwarf_pubtypename(Dwarf_Type type, char **name, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions retrieve information about file-scope, user-defined types
     recorded in lookup tables in the ".debug_pubtypes" DWARF section.
     Information about these 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_pubtypes() retrieves descriptors for all the 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_pubtype_cu_offset() returns the offset, relative to the
     ".debug_info" section, of the compilation unit that contains the
     debugging information entry associated with the argument type.  Argument
     cu_offset should point to a location that will hold the returned offset.

     Function dwarf_pubtype_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_pubtype_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 information 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 the offset, relative to the ".debug_info"
     section, of the first debugging information entry in the compilation unit
     associated with argument type.

     Function dwarf_pubtypename() 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_pubtypes() 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_pubtype_name_offsets() and dwarf_pubtypename() 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)
     function.

   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.

EXAMPLES
     To retrieve the list of file scope user-defined types and print their
     names, use:

           Dwarf_Debug dbg;
           Dwarf_Signed ntypes;
           Dwarf_Type *types;
           Dwarf_Error err;
           int n, result;
           char *typename;

           /* Initialize dbg etc. */;
           result = dwarf_get_pubtypes(dbg, &types, &ntypes, &err);
           if (result != DW_DLV_OK) /* Handle the error. */
                   ;

           /* Iterate over the returned array of descriptors. */
           for (n = 0; n < ntypes; n++) {
                   result = dwarf_pubtypename(types[n], &typename, &err);
                   if (result != DW_DLV_OK) /* Handle the error. */
                           ;
                   printf("%s\n", typename);
           }

           /* Deallocate the returned array. */
           dwarf_types_dealloc(dbg, types, ntypes);

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_dealloc(3),
     dwarf_get_cu_die_offset_given_cu_header_offset(3),
     dwarf_pubtypes_dealloc(3)

NetBSD 10.99                     April 4, 2011                    NetBSD 10.99