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27cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.\" Id: dwarf_add_AT_reference.3 3961 2022-03-12 15:13:22Z jkoshy
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299dd9d0cfSchristos.Dd September 4, 2011
309dd9d0cfSchristos.Dt DWARF_ADD_AT_REFERENCE 3
31604b0842Sjkoshy.Os
329dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh NAME
339dd9d0cfSchristos.Nm dwarf_add_AT_reference
349dd9d0cfSchristos.Nd create and attach an attribute that references another DIE
359dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh LIBRARY
369dd9d0cfSchristos.Lb libdwarf
379dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SYNOPSIS
389dd9d0cfSchristos.In libdwarf.h
399dd9d0cfSchristos.Ft "Dwarf_P_Attribute"
409dd9d0cfSchristos.Fo dwarf_add_AT_reference
419dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Debug dbg"
429dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die die"
439dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Half attr"
449dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die ref_die"
459dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
469dd9d0cfSchristos.Fc
479dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh DESCRIPTION
489dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
499dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_AT_reference
509dd9d0cfSchristoscreates an attribute descriptor that references another debugging
519dd9d0cfSchristosinformation entry in the same compilation unit.
529dd9d0cfSchristosThe attribute will be of DWARF form
539dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_FORM_ref4
549dd9d0cfSchristosor
559dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_FORM_ref8
569dd9d0cfSchristosdepending on the target address size, and will contain the
579dd9d0cfSchristossection-relative offset of the referenced debugging information entry
589dd9d0cfSchristosas its value.
599dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
609dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
61cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa dbg
629dd9d0cfSchristosshould reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using
639dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3
649dd9d0cfSchristosor
659dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3 .
669dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
679dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
68cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa die
699dd9d0cfSchristosshould reference a debugging information entry allocated using
709dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_die 3 .
719dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
729dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
73cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa attr
749dd9d0cfSchristosshould specify the attribute code of the created attribute descriptor.
759dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
769dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
77cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa ref_die
789dd9d0cfSchristosshould hold the debugging information entry descriptor that
799dd9d0cfSchristosthe attribute should refer to.
809dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
819dd9d0cfSchristosIf argument
82cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err
83cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyis not
84cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL ,
85cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyit will be used to store error information in case of an error.
869dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh RETURN VALUES
879dd9d0cfSchristosOn success, function
889dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_AT_reference
899dd9d0cfSchristosreturns the created attribute descriptor.
909dd9d0cfSchristosIn case of an error, function
919dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_AT_reference
929dd9d0cfSchristosreturns
939dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_DLV_BADADDR
949dd9d0cfSchristosand sets the argument
95cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err .
969dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh ERRORS
979dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
989dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_AT_reference
999dd9d0cfSchristoscan fail with:
1009dd9d0cfSchristos.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
1019dd9d0cfSchristos.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
1029dd9d0cfSchristosOne of the arguments
103cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa dbg ,
104cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa die
1059dd9d0cfSchristosor
106cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa ref_die
107cdbf1fe1Sjkoshywas
108cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL .
1099dd9d0cfSchristos.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
1109dd9d0cfSchristosAn out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
1119dd9d0cfSchristosthe function.
1129dd9d0cfSchristos.El
1139dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SEE ALSO
1149dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf 3 ,
1159dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_AT_dataref 3 ,
1169dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_AT_ref_address 3 ,
1179dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_AT_signed_const 3 ,
1189dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_AT_unsigned_const 3 ,
1199dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_die 3 ,
1209dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_producer_init 3 ,
1219dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_producer_init_b 3
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