dladdr()

Translate an address to symbolic information

Synopsis:

#include <dlfcn.h>

int dladdr( void *address, 
            Dl_info *dlip );

Arguments:

address

The address for which you want symbolic information.

dlip

A pointer to a Dl_info structure where the function can store the symbolic information. Your application must allocate the space for this structure; dladdr() fills in the members, based on the specified address.

The Dl_info structure includes the following members:

const char * dli_fname — a pointer to the full path of the object containing address.
void *dli_fbase — the base address of the object containing address.
const char *dli_sname — a pointer to the symbol name nearest the specified address. This symbol is either at address, or is the nearest symbol with a lower address.
void *dli_saddr — the actual address of the dli_sname symbol.

If dladdr() can't find a symbol that describes the specified address, the function sets dli_sname and dli_saddr to NULL.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The dladdr() function determines whether the specified address is located within one of the objects that make up the calling application's address space.

Note: The dladdr() function is available only to dynamically linked processes.

Returns:

0 if the specified address can't be matched, or nonzero if it could be matched.

Classification:

Unix

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	No
Thread	Yes

Caveats:

The Dl_info pointers may become invalid if objects are removed via dlclose().

There's no way to determine which symbol you'll get if multiple symbols are mapped to the same address.