UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3) Programming Library UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3)
NAME
unw_get_proc_name -- get name of current procedure
SYNOPSIS
#include <libunwind.h>
int unw_get_proc_name(unw_cursor_t *cp, char *bufp, size_t len,
unw_word_t *offp);
DESCRIPTION
The unw_get_proc_name() routine returns the name of the procedure that
created the stack frame identified by argument cp. The bufp argument
is a pointer to a character buffer that is at least len bytes long.
This buffer is used to return the name of the procedure. The offp argu-
ment is a pointer to a word that is used to return the byte-offset of
the instruction-pointer saved in the stack frame identified by cp, rel-
ative to the start of the procedure. For example, if procedure foo()
starts at address 0x40003000, then invoking unw_get_proc_name() on a
stack frame with an instruction-pointer value of 0x40003080 would re-
turn a value of 0x80 in the word pointed to by offp (assuming the pro-
cedure is at least 0x80 bytes long).
Note that on some platforms there is no reliable way to distinguish be-
tween procedure names and ordinary labels. Furthermore, if symbol in-
formation has been stripped from a program, procedure names may be com-
pletely unavailable or may be limited to those exported via a dynamic
symbol table. In such cases, unw_get_proc_name() may return the name of
a label or a preceeding (nearby) procedure. However, the offset re-
turned through offp is always relative to the returned name, which en-
sures that the value (address) of the returned name plus the returned
offset will always be equal to the instruction-pointer of the stack
frame identified by cp.
RETURN VALUE
On successful completion, unw_get_proc_name() returns 0. Otherwise the
negative value of one of the error-codes below is returned.
THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY
unw_get_proc_name() is thread-safe. If cursor cp is in the local ad-
dress-space, this routine is also safe to use from a signal handler.
ERRORS
UNW_EUNSPEC
An unspecified error occurred.
UNW_ENOINFO
Libunwind was unable to determine the name of the procedure.
UNW_ENOMEM
The procedure name is too long to fit in the buffer provided. A
truncated version of the name has been returned.
In addition, unw_get_proc_name() may return any error returned by the
access_mem() call-back (see unw_create_addr_space(3)).
SEE ALSO
libunwind(3), unw_get_proc_info(3)
AUTHOR
David Mosberger-Tang
Email: dmosberger@gmail.com
WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/.
Programming Library 16 August 2007 UNW_GET_PROC_NAME(3)
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