dwarf_parse_section(9)

🦋 dwarf_parse_section(9) — Kernel API Manual 🦋

okay so bestie, this is the page for dwarf_parse_section(9) — she parses a DWARF section, and yes she ate. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

dwarf_parse_section — parse DWARF section

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int dwarf_parse_section (char *eh_frame_start , char *eh_frame_end ,
       struct module *mod );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• eh_frame_start — start address of the .eh_frame section. literally where the section begins, bestie. 🫶
• eh_frame_end — end address of the .eh_frame section. the finish line, no cap. ✨
• mod — the kernel module containing the .eh_frame section. yep, that module. 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Parse the information in a .eh_frame section. that’s the whole vibe: she takes the info living in that section and parses it. simple, iconic, done. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c — and here’s the whole friend group, because we do not leave the rest of the DWARF crew out:

• dwarf_frame_alloc_reg(9)
• dwarf_frame_reg(9)
• dwarf_read_addr(9)
• dwarf_read_uleb128(9)
• dwarf_read_leb128(9)
• dwarf_read_encoded_value(9)
• dwarf_entry_len(9)
• dwarf_lookup_cie(9)
• dwarf_lookup_fde(9)
• dwarf_cfa_execute_insns(9)
• dwarf_free_frame(9)
• dwarf_unwind_stack(9)
• module_dwarf_cleanup(9)
• dwarf_unwinder_init(9)

okay that’s the page, bestie — cute sign-off time: this one comes from ./arch/sh/kernel, dated October 2026. mwah 💋🫶