DWARF_EXPR_CURRENT_OFFSET(3) Library Functions Manual SourceForge Logo

NAME

dwarf_expr_current_offsetretrieve the number of bytes in a location expression stream

LIBRARY

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdwarf.h>
Dwarf_Unsigned
dwarf_expr_current_offset(Dwarf_P_Expr expr, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

Function dwarf_expr_current_offset() returns the size in bytes of the stream representation of a location expression.
Argument expr should reference a location expression descriptor allocated using dwarf_new_expr(3).
If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an error.

RETURN VALUES

On success, function dwarf_expr_current_offset() returns the size in bytes of the location descriptor's stream representation. In case of an error, function dwarf_expr_current_offset() returns DW_DLV_NOCOUNT and sets the argument err.

ERRORS

Function dwarf_expr_current_offset() can fail with:
 
 
[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]
Argument expr was NULL.

SEE ALSO

dwarf(3), dwarf_add_expr_addr(3), dwarf_add_expr_addr_b(3), dwarf_add_expr_gen(3), dwarf_expr_into_block(3), dwarf_new_expr(3)
September 13, 2011 The Elftoolchain Project