dwarf_whatattr(3)

dwarf_whatattr3

Retrieve the attribute code for a dwarf attribute

Usage

#include <libdwarf.h>

int

dwarf_whatattr(Dwarf_Attribute attr, Dwarf_Half *retcode, Dwarf_Error *err);

Library

library “libdwarf”

Overview

Function dwarf_whatattr() retrieves the attribute code for the DWARF attribute referenced by argument attr, and writes it to the location pointed to by argument retcode. If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to return an error descriptor in case of an error.

Return values

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

Errors

Function dwarf_whatattr() can fail with the following error:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]

Either of argument attr or retcode was NULL.

Releases

25 releases since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11.0–12.0
  2. 12.1–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.