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NAME

       unw_get_proc_info_by_ip -- get procedure info by IP

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libunwind.h>

       int   unw_get_proc_info_by_ip(unw_addr_space_t   as,   unw_word_t   ip,
       unw_proc_info_t *pip, void *arg);

DESCRIPTION

       The  unw_get_proc_info_by_ip()  routine  returns  the  same   kind   of
       auxiliary  information about a procedure as unw_get_proc_info(), except
       that the info is looked up by instruction-pointer  (IP)  instead  of  a
       cursor.  This  is  more  flexible because it is possible to look up the
       info for an arbitrary procedure, even if it is not part of the  current
       call-chain.  However,  since  it is more flexible, it also tends to run
       slower (and often much slower) than unw_get_proc_info().

       The routine expects the followins arguments: as is the address-space in
       which  the  instruction-pointer  should be looked up.  For a look-up in
       the local address-space, unw_local_addr_space can be  passed  for  this
       argument.   Argument  ip  is  the  instruction-pointer  for  which  the
       procedure info should be looked up and pip is a pointer to a  structure
       of  type unw_proc_info_t which is used to return the info.  Lastly, arg
       is the address-space argument that should be used  when  accessing  the
       address-space. It has the same purpose as the argument of the same name
       for unw_init_remote().  When accessing the local  address-space  (first
       argument  is  unw_local_addr_space),  NULL  must  be  passed  for  this
       argument.

       Note that for the purposes of libunwind, the code  of  a  procedure  is
       assumed  to  occupy  a  single, contiguous range of addresses. For this
       reason, it is alwas possible to describe the extent of a procedure with
       the  start_ip and end_ip members. If a single function/routine is split
       into multiple, discontiguous pieces, libunwind will treat each piece as
       a separate procedure.

RETURN VALUE

       On   successful   completion,   unw_get_proc_info_by_ip()   returns  0.
       Otherwise the negative  value  of  one  of  the  error-codes  below  is
       returned.

THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY

       unw_get_proc_info()  is  thread-safe.  If  the  local  address-space is
       passed in argument as, this routine is also safe to use from  a  signal
       handler.

ERRORS

       UNW_EUNSPEC
               An unspecified error occurred.

       UNW_ENOINFO
               Libunwind was unable to locate unwind-info for the procedure.

       UNW_EBADVERSION
               The unwind-info for the procedure has version or format that is
              not understood by libunwind.

       In addition, unw_get_proc_info() may return any error returned  by  the
       access_mem() call-back (see unw_create_addr_space(3)).

SEE ALSO

       libunwind(3),      unw_create_addr_space(3),      unw_get_proc_name(3),
       unw_get_proc_info(3), unw_init_remote(3)

AUTHOR

       David Mosberger-Tang
       Email: dmosberger@gmail.com
       WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/.