DWARF_GET_CIE_OF_FDE(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is DWARF_GET_CIE_OF_FDE(3) from the Library Functions Manual, and it's literally here to help you retrieve the CIE descriptor 💅

The function is dwarf_get_cie_of_fde, and she is iconic for exactly that job.

🧚 LIBRARY 🧚

DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf) — yes, that's the one, slay ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <libdwarf.h>

int
dwarf_get_cie_of_fde(Dwarf_Fde fde, Dwarf_Cie *ret_cie,
    Dwarf_Error *err);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Function dwarf_get_cie_of_fde() retrieves the CIE descriptor associated with a given FDE descriptor. It's giving “find the matching CIE” energy, no cap 🫶

• Argument fde should reference a valid FDE descriptor.
• Argument ret_cie should point to a location that will hold the returned CIE descriptor.
• If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an error.

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

Function dwarf_get_cie_of_fde() returns DW_DLV_OK when it succeeds. In case of an error, it returns DW_DLV_ERROR and sets the argument err. Periodt 💖

💀 ERRORS 💀

Function dwarf_get_cie_of_fde() can fail with:

• [DW_DLE_ARGUMENT] — Either of arugments fde or ret_cie was NULL.

and yes bestie, “arugments” is literally right there in the original 😭 we are not fixing it, we are respecting the canon.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

dwarf(3), dwarf_get_cie_index(3), dwarf_get_cie_info(3), dwarf_get_fde_at_pc(3), dwarf_get_fde_n(3)

xoxo, Debian 💖 May 22, 2011 💖 DWARF_GET_CIE_OF_FDE(3) 🎀