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27.\" Id: dwarf_new_die.3 2074 2011-10-27 03:34:33Z jkoshy
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29.Dd September 4, 2011
30.Os
31.Dt DWARF_NEW_DIE 3
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_new_die
34.Nd allocate a new debugging information entry
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft Dwarf_P_Die
40.Fo dwarf_new_die
41.Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Tag tag"
43.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die parent"
44.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die child"
45.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die left"
46.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die right"
47.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
48.Fc
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50Function
51.Fn dwarf_new_die
52allocates a new DWARF debugging information entry and links it
53to another debugging information entry.
54.Pp
55Argument
56.Ar dbg
57should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
58.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
59or
60.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
61.Pp
62Argument
63.Ar tag
64should specify the tag of the newly created debugging information entry.
65Valid values for this argument are those for the
66.Dv DW_TAG_ Ns *
67symbols defined in
68.In libdwarf.h .
69.Pp
70Argument
71.Ar parent
72specifies the parent link of the debugging information entry.
73.Pp
74Argument
75.Ar child
76specifies the first child link of the debugging information entry.
77.Pp
78Argument
79.Ar left
80specifies the left sibling link of the debugging information entry.
81.Pp
82Argument
83.Ar right
84specifies the right sibling link of the debugging information entry.
85.Pp
86Only one of arguments
87.Ar parent ,
88.Ar child ,
89.Ar left
90and
91.Ar right
92is allowed to be non-NULL.
93Application code can subsequently call the function
94.Xr dwarf_die_link 3
95to change the links for the created debugging information entry.
96.Pp
97If argument
98.Ar err
99is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case
100of an error.
101.Sh RETURN VALUES
102On success, function
103.Fn dwarf_new_die
104returns the newly created debugging information entry.
105In case of an error, function
106.Fn dwarf_new_die
107returns
108.Dv DW_DLV_BADADDR
109and sets the argument
110.Ar err .
111.Sh ERRORS
112Function
113.Fn dwarf_new_die
114can fail with:
115.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
116.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
117Argument
118.Ar dbg
119was NULL.
120.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
121More than one of the arguments
122.Ar parent ,
123.Ar child ,
124.Ar left
125and
126.Ar right
127were non-NULL.
128.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
129An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
130function.
131.El
132.Sh EXAMPLES
133To create debugging information entries and add them to the producer
134instance, use:
135.Bd -literal -offset indent
136Dwarf_P_Debug dbg;
137Dwarf_P_Die die1, die2;
138Dwarf_Error de;
139
140/* ... assume dbg refers to a DWARF producer instance ... */
141
142die1 = dwarf_new_die(dbg, DW_TAG_compilation_unit, NULL, NULL, NULL,
143    NULL, &de);
144if (die1 == NULL) {
145	warnx("dwarf_new_die failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
146	return;
147}
148
149die2 = dwarf_new_die(dbg, DW_TAG_base_type, die1, NULL, NULL,
150    NULL, &de);
151if (die1 == NULL) {
152	warnx("dwarf_new_die failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
153	return;
154}
155
156if (dwarf_add_die_to_debug(dbg, die1, &de) != DW_DLV_OK) {
157	warnx("dwarf_add_die_to_debug failed: %s", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
158	return;
159}
160.Ed
161.Sh SEE ALSO
162.Xr dwarf 3 ,
163.Xr dwarf_add_die_to_debug 3 ,
164.Xr dwarf_die_link 3 ,
165.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
166.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3
167