NAME

dwarf_formaddr —

return the value of an ADDRESS class attribute

LIBRARY

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdwarf.h>

int
dwarf_formaddr(Dwarf_Attribute attr, Dwarf_Addr *ret, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

Function dwarf_formaddr() sets the location pointed to by argument ret to the address represented by the attribute referenced by argument attr. The form of argument attr must be DW_FORM_addr.

If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.

RETURN VALUES

Function dwarf_formaddr() returns DW_DLV_OK on success. In case of an error, it returns DW_DLV_ERROR and sets argument err.

ERRORS

Function dwarf_formblock() may fail with the following errors:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]: Either of arguments attr or ret was NULL.
[DW_DLE_ATTR_FORM_BAD]: The attribute referenced by argument attr was not of form DW_FORM_addr.