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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[fancyhdr,pdf]{latex2man}
\input{common.tex}
\begin{document}
\begin{Name}{3}{unw\_init\_local}{David Mosberger-Tang}{Programming Library}{unw\_init\_local}unw\_init\_local -- initialize cursor for local unwinding
\end{Name}
\section{Synopsis}
\File{\#include $<$libunwind.h$>$}\\
\Type{int} \Func{unw\_init\_local}(\Type{unw\_cursor\_t~*}\Var{c}, \Type{unw\_context\_t~*}\Var{ctxt});\\
\section{Description}
The \Func{unw\_init\_local}() routine initializes the unwind cursor
pointed to by \Var{c} with the machine-state in the context structure
pointed to by \Var{ctxt}. As such, the machine-state pointed to by
\Var{ctxt} identifies the initial stack frame at which unwinding
starts. The machine-state must remain valid for the duration for
which the cursor \Var{c} is in use.
The \Func{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, \Func{unw\_init\_remote}() must be used instead.
From a behavioral point of view, the call:
\begin{verbatim}
ret = unw_init_local(&cursor, &ucontext);
\end{verbatim}
is equivalent to:
\begin{verbatim}
ret = unw_init_remote(&cursor, unw_local_addr_space,
&ucontext);
\end{verbatim}
However, unwind performance may be better when using
\Func{unw\_init\_local}(). Also, \Func{unw\_init\_local}() is
available even when \Const{UNW\_LOCAL\_ONLY} has been defined before
including \File{$<$libunwind.h$>$}, whereas \Func{unw\_init\_remote}()
is not.
\section{Return Value}
On successful completion, \Func{unw\_init\_local}() returns 0.
Otherwise the negative value of one of the error-codes below is
returned.
\section{Thread and Signal Safety}
\Func{unw\_init\_local}() is thread-safe as well as safe to use from a
signal handler.
\section{Errors}
\begin{Description}
\item[\Const{UNW\_EINVAL}] \Func{unw\_init\_local}() was called in a
version of \Prog{libunwind} which supports remote unwinding only
(this normally happens when calling \Func{unw\_init\_local}() for a
cross-platform version of \Prog{libunwind}).
\item[\Const{UNW\_EUNSPEC}] An unspecified error occurred.
\item[\Const{UNW\_EBADREG}] A register needed by \Func{unw\_init\_local}()
wasn't accessible.
\end{Description}
\section{See Also}
\SeeAlso{libunwind(3)}, \SeeAlso{unw\_init\_remote(3)}
\section{Author}
\noindent
David Mosberger-Tang\\
Email: \Email{dmosberger@gmail.com}\\
WWW: \URL{http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/}.
\LatexManEnd
\end{document}