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27.\" Id: dwarf_attroffset.3 3961 2022-03-12 15:13:22Z jkoshy
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29.Dd December 20, 2014
30.Dt DWARF_ATTROFFSET 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_attroffset
34.Nd retrieve the section-relative offset of an attribute descriptor
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_attroffset
41.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute at"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Off *ret_off"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Function
47.Fn dwarf_attroffset
48retrieves the section-relative offset of the attribute descriptor
49referenced by argument
50.Fa at .
51.Pp
52Argument
53.Fa ret_off
54should point to a location that is to hold the returned
55section-relative offset.
56If argument
57.Fa err
58is
59.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
60it is used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62On success, function
63.Fn dwarf_attroffset
64returns
65.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
66.Pp
67In case of an error, it returns
68.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
69and sets argument
70.Fa err .
71.Sh COMPATIBILITY
72This function is an extension to the
73.Xr DWARF 3
74API.
75.Sh ERRORS
76The
77.Fn dwarf_attroffset
78function may fail with the following errors:
79.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
80.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
81Either of the arguments
82.Fa at
83or
84.Fa ret_off
85was
86.Dv NULL .
87.El
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr dwarf 3 ,
90.Xr dwarf_attr 3
91