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Diffstat (limited to 'libdw/libdw.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | libdw/libdw.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libdw/libdw.h b/libdw/libdw.h index e20961be..1a4e15a1 100644 --- a/libdw/libdw.h +++ b/libdw/libdw.h @@ -474,7 +474,14 @@ extern Dwarf_Attribute *dwarf_attr (Dwarf_Die *die, unsigned int search_name, extern int dwarf_hasattr (Dwarf_Die *die, unsigned int search_name); /* These are the same as dwarf_attr and dwarf_hasattr, respectively, - but they resolve an indirect attribute through DW_AT_abstract_origin. */ + but they resolve an indirect attribute through + DW_AT_abstract_origin, DW_AT_specification or, if the DIE is a + top-level split CU, the skeleton DIE. Note that the attribute + might come from a DIE in a different CU (possibly from a different + Dwarf file). In that case all attribute information needs to be + resolved through the CU associated with the returned + Dwarf_Attribute. The dwarf_form functions already do this + automatically. */ extern Dwarf_Attribute *dwarf_attr_integrate (Dwarf_Die *die, unsigned int search_name, Dwarf_Attribute *result) |