unw_init_local

Table of Contents

• Synopsis
• Description
• Return Value
• Thread and Signal Safety
• Errors
• See Also
• Author

Synopsis

#include <libunwind.h>

int unw_init_local(unw_cursor_t *c, unw_context_t *ctxt);

Description

The unw_init_local() routine initializes the unwind cursor pointed to by c with the machine-state in the context structure pointed to by ctxt. As such, the machine-state pointed to by ctxt identifies the initial stack frame at which unwinding starts. The machine-state must remain valid for the duration for which the cursor c is in use.

The unw_init_local() routine can be used only for unwinding in the address space of the current process (i.e., for local unwinding). For all other cases, unw_init_remote() must be used instead. From a behavioral point of view, the call:

    ret = unw_init_local(&cursor, &ucontext);

    ret = unw_init_remote(&cursor, unw_local_addr_space,
                          &ucontext);

Return Value

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

Thread and Signal Safety

unw_init_local() is thread-safe as well as safe to use from a signal handler.

Errors

UNW_EINVAL

unw_init_local() was called in a version of libunwind which supports remote unwinding only (this normally happens when calling unw_init_local() for a cross-platform version of libunwind).

UNW_EUNSPEC

An unspecified error occurred.

UNW_EBADREG

A register needed by unw_init_local() wasn't accessible.

See Also

libunwind(3), unw_init_remote(3)

Author

David Mosberger-Tang
Hewlett-Packard Labs
Palo-Alto, CA 94304
Email: davidm@hpl.hp.com
WWW: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/libunwind/.