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27.\" Id: dwarf_get_address_size.3 3964 2022-03-13 21:41:26Z jkoshy
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29.Dd March 13, 2022
30.Dt DWARF_GET_ADDRESS_SIZE 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_get_address_size
34.Nd return the number of bytes needed to represent an address
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_get_address_size
41.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Half *addr_size"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Function
47.Fn dwarf_get_address_size
48returns the size in bytes of a native address for a program object.
49.Pp
50Argument
51.Fa dbg
52should denote a DWARF debug context created from a program object using
53.Xr dwarf_init 3 .
54Argument
55.Fa addr_size
56should point to a location that will hold the returned size.
57Argument
58.Fa err ,
59if
60.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
61it will be used to return error information.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63On success, function
64.Fn dwarf_get_address_size
65returns
66.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
67In case of an error, it returns
68.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
69and sets argument
70.Fa err .
71.Sh ERRORS
72Function
73.Fn dwarf_get_address_size
74can fail with the following error:
75.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
76.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
77Either of arguments
78.Fa dbg
79or
80.Fa addr_size
81was
82.Dv NULL .
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr dwarf 3 ,
86.Xr dwarf_finish 3 ,
87.Xr dwarf_init 3
88