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29.Dd September 9, 2011
30.Dt DWARF_ADD_EXPR_GEN 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_add_expr_gen
34.Nd add an operator to a location expression descriptor
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft "Dwarf_Unsigned"
40.Fo dwarf_add_expr_gen
41.Fa "Dwarf_P_Expr expr"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Small opcode"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned val1"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned val2"
45.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
46.Fc
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48Function
49.Fn dwarf_add_expr_gen
50adds a location expression operator to the location expression
51descriptor referenced by argument
52.Fa expr .
53.Pp
54Argument
55.Fa expr
56should reference a location expression descriptor allocated using
57the function
58.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3 .
59.Pp
60Argument
61.Fa opcode
62specifies the operation code of the location expression operator.
63Valid values for this argument are those denoted by the
64.Dv DW_OP_ Ns *
65constants defined in
66.In libdwarf.h .
67.Pp
68To generate a
69.Dv DW_OP_addr
70operation, application code should instead use
71.Xr dwarf_add_expr_addr_b 3 .
72.Pp
73Argument
74.Fa val1
75specifies the first operand of the location expression operator.
76.Pp
77Argument
78.Fa val2
79specifies the second operand of the location expression operator.
80.Pp
81If argument
82.Fa err
83is not
84.Dv NULL ,
85it will be used to store error information in case of an error.
86.Sh RETURN VALUES
87On success, function
88.Fn dwarf_add_expr_gen
89returns the size in bytes of the location expression byte stream
90generated.
91In case of an error, function
92.Fn dwarf_add_expr_gen
93returns
94.Dv DW_DLV_NOCOUNT
95and sets the argument
96.Fa err .
97.Sh ERRORS
98Function
99.Fn dwarf_add_expr_gen
100can fail with:
101.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_LOC_EXPR_BAD"
102.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
103Argument
104.Fa expr
105was
106.Dv NULL .
107.It Bq Er DW_DLE_LOC_EXPR_BAD
108The operation code specified in argument
109.Fa opcode
110was invalid.
111.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
112An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
113the function.
114.El
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr dwarf 3 ,
117.Xr dwarf_add_AT_location_expr 3 ,
118.Xr dwarf_add_expr_addr 3 ,
119.Xr dwarf_add_expr_addr_b 3 ,
120.Xr dwarf_expr_current_offset 3 ,
121.Xr dwarf_expr_into_block 3 ,
122.Xr dwarf_new_expr 3
123