NAME

dwarf_get_address_size —

return the number of bytes needed to represent an address

LIBRARY

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libdwarf.h>

int
dwarf_get_address_size(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Half *addr_size, Dwarf_Error *err);

DESCRIPTION

Function dwarf_get_address_size() returns the size in bytes of a native address for a program object.

Argument dbg should denote a DWARF debug context created from a program object using dwarf_init(3). Argument addr_size should point to a location that will hold the returned size. Argument err, if non-NULL, it will be used to return error information.

RETURN VALUES

On success, function dwarf_tag() returns DW_DLV_OK. In case of an error, it returns DW_DLV_ERROR and sets argument err.

ERRORS

Function dwarf_get_address_size() can fail with the following error:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]: Either of arguments dbg or addr_size was NULL.