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29.Dd November 9, 2011
30.Dt DWARF_EXPAND_FRAME_INSTRUCTIONS 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
34.Nd expand frame instructions
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
41.Fa "Dwarf_Cie cie"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Ptr instructions"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Unsigned len"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Frame_Op **ret_ops"
45.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *ret_opcnt"
46.Fa "Dwarf_Error *error"
47.Fc
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49Function
50.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
51translates DWARF frame instruction bytes into an array of
52.Vt Dwarf_Frame_Op
53descriptors.
54.Pp
55Argument
56.Ar cie
57should reference the CIE descriptor associated with the instructions
58to be translated.
59.Pp
60Arugment
61.Ar instructions
62should point to an array of frame instruction bytes, as
63returned by the functions
64.Xr dwarf_get_cie_info 3
65or
66.Xr dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes 3 .
67.Pp
68Argument
69.Ar len
70should specify the number of the frame instruction bytes to be
71translated.
72.Pp
73Argument
74.Ar ret_ops
75should point to a location that will be set to a pointer to
76an array of translated
77.Vt Dwarf_Frame_Op
78descriptors.
79.Pp
80Argument
81.Ar ret_opcnt
82should point to a location that will hold the total number of the
83returned descriptors.
84.Pp
85If argument
86.Ar err
87is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
88error.
89.Ss Memory Management
90The memory area used for the descriptor array returned in argument
91.Ar ret_ops
92is allocated by
93.Lb libdwarf .
94Application code should use function
95.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3
96with type
97.Dv DW_DLA_FRAME_BLOCK
98to free the memory area when the descriptor array is no longer needed.
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100Function
101.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
102returns
103.Dv DW_DLV_OK
104when it succeeds.
105In case of an error, it returns
106.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
107and sets the argument
108.Ar err .
109.Sh EXAMPLES
110To retrieve and expand the frame instructions for a given FDE
111descriptor, use:
112.Bd -literal -offset indent
113Dwarf_Dbg dbg;
114Dwarf_Cie cie;
115Dwarf_Fde fde;
116Dwarf_Ptr fde_inst;
117Dwarf_Unsigned fde_instlen;
118Dwarf_Frame_Op *ops;
119Dwarf_Signed opcnt;
120Dwarf_Error de;
121
122/* ... assuming `dbg` references a valid DWARF debugging context,
123  `fde` references a valid FDE descriptor and `cie` holds the CIE
124  descriptor associated with the FDE descriptor ... */
125
126if (dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes(fde, &fde_inst, &fde_instlen,
127    &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
128	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes failed: %s",
129	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
130
131if (dwarf_expand_frame_instructions(cie, fde_inst, fde_instlen,
132    &ops, &opcnt, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
133	errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
134	    "dwarf_expand_frame_instructions failed: %s",
135	    dwarf_errmsg(de));
136
137for (i = 0; i < opcnt; i++) {
138	/* ... use ops[i] ... */
139}
140
141/* Free the memory area when no longer needed. */
142dwarf_dealloc(dbg, ops, DW_DLA_FRAME_BLOCK);
143.Ed
144.Sh ERRORS
145Function
146.Fn dwarf_expand_frame_instructions
147can fail with:
148.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
149.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
150One of the arguments
151.Ar cie ,
152.Ar instructions ,
153.Ar ret_ops
154or
155.Ar ret_opcnt
156was NULL.
157.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
158Argument
159.Ar len
160was 0.
161.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
162An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of
163this function.
164.It Bq Er DW_DLE_FRAME_INSTR_EXEC_ERROR
165An unknown instruction was found in the instruction bytes provided
166in argument
167.Ar instructions .
168.El
169.Sh SEE ALSO
170.Xr dwarf 3 ,
171.Xr dwarf_frame_instructions_dealloc 3 ,
172.Xr dwarf_get_cie_index 3 ,
173.Xr dwarf_get_cie_info 3 ,
174.Xr dwarf_get_cie_of_fde 3 ,
175.Xr dwarf_get_fde_at_pc 3 ,
176.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_all_regs 3 ,
177.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_all_regs3 3 ,
178.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_cfa_reg3 3 ,
179.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_reg 3 ,
180.Xr dwarf_get_fde_info_for_reg3 3 ,
181.Xr dwarf_get_fde_instr_bytes 3 ,
182.Xr dwarf_get_fde_list 3 ,
183.Xr dwarf_get_fde_list_eh 3 ,
184.Xr dwarf_get_fde_n 3
185