libexplain/buffer/ptrace_request.h File Reference

#include <libexplain/string_buffer.h>

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Functions
void	explain_buffer_ptrace_request (explain_string_buffer_t *sb, int data)
int	explain_parse_ptrace_request_or_die (const char *text, const char *caption)

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Function Documentation

void explain_buffer_ptrace_request	(	explain_string_buffer_t *	sb,
		int	data
	)

The explain_buffer_ptrace_request function may be used to print a representation of a ptrace(2) request argument.

Parameters:

sb	The string buffer to print into.
data	The ptrace(2) request value to be printed.

Definition at line 255 of file ptrace_request.c.

int explain_parse_ptrace_request_or_die	(	const char *	text,
		const char *	caption
	)

The explain_parse_ptrace_request_or_die function is used to parse a text string to extract a ptrace(2) request value.

Parameters:

text	The string to be parsed.
caption	The additional text for the error message, describing the source of the text.

Returns:

The numeric value of the request.

Note:

This function does not return if there is an error, but rather prints an error message and exits.

Definition at line 262 of file ptrace_request.c.