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299dd9d0cfSchristos.Dd September 9, 2011
309dd9d0cfSchristos.Dt DWARF_ADD_EXPR_ADDR 3
31604b0842Sjkoshy.Os
329dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh NAME
339dd9d0cfSchristos.Nm dwarf_add_expr_addr ,
349dd9d0cfSchristos.Nm dwarf_add_expr_addr_b
359dd9d0cfSchristos.Nd add a DW_OP_addr location expression
369dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh LIBRARY
379dd9d0cfSchristos.Lb libdwarf
389dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SYNOPSIS
399dd9d0cfSchristos.In libdwarf.h
409dd9d0cfSchristos.Ft "Dwarf_Unsigned"
419dd9d0cfSchristos.Fo dwarf_add_expr_addr
429dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Expr expr"
439dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned address"
449dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Signed sym_index"
459dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
469dd9d0cfSchristos.Fc
479dd9d0cfSchristos.Ft "Dwarf_Unsigned"
489dd9d0cfSchristos.Fo dwarf_add_expr_addr_b
499dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Expr expr"
509dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned address"
519dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned sym_index"
529dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
539dd9d0cfSchristos.Fc
549dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh DESCRIPTION
559dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
569dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_expr_addr_b
579dd9d0cfSchristosadds a
589dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_OP_addr
599dd9d0cfSchristoslocation expression to the location expression descriptor referenced
609dd9d0cfSchristosby argument
61cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa expr .
629dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
639dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
64cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa expr
659dd9d0cfSchristosshould reference a location expression descriptor allocated using
669dd9d0cfSchristosthe function
679dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3 .
689dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
699dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
70cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa address
719dd9d0cfSchristosspecifies the operand, a relocatable address value.
729dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
739dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
74cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa sym_index
759dd9d0cfSchristosspecifies the ELF symbol index of the symbol to be used for
769dd9d0cfSchristosrelocation.
779dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
789dd9d0cfSchristosIf argument
79cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err
80cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyis not
81cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL ,
82cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyit will be used to store error information in case of an error.
839dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
849dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
859dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_expr_addr
869dd9d0cfSchristosis deprecated.
879dd9d0cfSchristosIt is similar to function
889dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_add_expr_addr_b
899dd9d0cfSchristosexcept that it cannot handle all possible symbol index values.
909dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh RETURN VALUES
919dd9d0cfSchristosOn success, these functions return the size in bytes of the location
929dd9d0cfSchristosexpression byte stream generated.
939dd9d0cfSchristosIn case of an error, these functions return
949dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_DLV_NOCOUNT
959dd9d0cfSchristosand set the argument
96cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err .
979dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh ERRORS
989dd9d0cfSchristosThese functions can fail with:
999dd9d0cfSchristos.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
1009dd9d0cfSchristos.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
1019dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
102cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa expr
103cdbf1fe1Sjkoshywas
104cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL .
1059dd9d0cfSchristos.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
1069dd9d0cfSchristosAn out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
1079dd9d0cfSchristosthe function.
1089dd9d0cfSchristos.El
1099dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SEE ALSO
1109dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf 3 ,
1119dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_AT_location_expr 3 ,
1129dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_expr_gen 3 ,
1139dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_expr_current_offset 3 ,
1149dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_expr_into_block 3 ,
1159dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3
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