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27.\" Id: dwarf_die_link.3 2073 2011-10-27 03:30:47Z jkoshy
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29.Dd September 4, 2011
30.Os
31.Dt DWARF_DIE_LINK 3
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_die_link
34.Nd link a debugging information entry
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft Dwarf_P_Die
40.Fo dwarf_die_link
41.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die die"
42.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die parent"
43.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die child"
44.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die left"
45.Fa "Dwarf_P_Die right"
46.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
47.Fc
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49Function
50.Fn dwarf_die_link
51links debugging information entries together.
52.Pp
53Argument
54.Ar die
55should specify the debugging information entry to be updated.
56.Pp
57Argument
58.Ar parent
59specifies the new parent link for the debugging information entry.
60.Pp
61Argument
62.Ar child
63specifies the new first child link for the debugging information entry.
64.Pp
65Argument
66.Ar left
67specifies the new left sibling link for the debugging information entry.
68.Pp
69Argument
70.Ar right
71specifies the new right sibling link for the debugging information entry.
72.Pp
73Only one of arguments
74.Ar parent ,
75.Ar child ,
76.Ar left
77and
78.Ar right
79is allowed to be non-NULL.
80Existing links to parent, child, left or right debugging information
81entries, if any, will be unlinked before the specified link is
82established.
83.Pp
84If argument
85.Ar err
86is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case
87of an error.
88.Sh RETURN VALUES
89On success, function
90.Fn dwarf_die_link
91returns the debugging information entry provided in argument
92.Ar die .
93In case of an error, function
94.Fn dwarf_die_link
95returns
96.Dv DW_DLV_BADADDR
97and sets the argument
98.Ar err .
99.Sh ERRORS
100The function
101.Fn dwarf_die_link
102can fail with:
103.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
104.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
105Argument
106.Ar die
107was NULL.
108.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
109More than one of the arguments
110.Ar parent ,
111.Ar child ,
112.Ar left
113and
114.Ar right
115were non-NULL.
116.El
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr dwarf 3 ,
119.Xr dwarf_add_die_to_debug 3 ,
120.Xr dwarf_new_die 3
121