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299dd9d0cfSchristos.Dd September 13, 2011
309dd9d0cfSchristos.Dt DWARF_EXPR_CURRENT_OFFSET 3
31604b0842Sjkoshy.Os
329dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh NAME
339dd9d0cfSchristos.Nm dwarf_expr_current_offset
349dd9d0cfSchristos.Nd retrieve the number of bytes in a location expression stream
359dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh LIBRARY
369dd9d0cfSchristos.Lb libdwarf
379dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SYNOPSIS
389dd9d0cfSchristos.In libdwarf.h
399dd9d0cfSchristos.Ft "Dwarf_Unsigned"
409dd9d0cfSchristos.Fo dwarf_expr_current_offset
419dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_P_Expr expr"
429dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
439dd9d0cfSchristos.Fc
449dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh DESCRIPTION
459dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
469dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_expr_current_offset
479dd9d0cfSchristosreturns the size in bytes of the stream representation of a location
489dd9d0cfSchristosexpression.
499dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
509dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
51cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa expr
529dd9d0cfSchristosshould reference a location expression descriptor allocated using
539dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3 .
549dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
559dd9d0cfSchristosIf argument
56cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err
57cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyis not
58cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL ,
59cdbf1fe1Sjkoshyit will be used to store error information in case of an error.
609dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh RETURN VALUES
619dd9d0cfSchristosOn success, function
629dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_expr_current_offset
639dd9d0cfSchristosreturns the size in bytes of the location descriptor's stream
649dd9d0cfSchristosrepresentation.
659dd9d0cfSchristosIn case of an error, function
669dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_expr_current_offset
679dd9d0cfSchristosreturns
689dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_DLV_NOCOUNT
699dd9d0cfSchristosand sets the argument
70cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err .
719dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh ERRORS
729dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
739dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_expr_current_offset
749dd9d0cfSchristoscan fail with:
759dd9d0cfSchristos.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
769dd9d0cfSchristos.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
779dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
78cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa expr
79cdbf1fe1Sjkoshywas
80cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Dv NULL .
819dd9d0cfSchristos.El
829dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SEE ALSO
839dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf 3 ,
849dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_expr_addr 3 ,
859dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_expr_addr_b 3 ,
869dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_add_expr_gen 3 ,
879dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_expr_into_block 3 ,
889dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3
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