[Bug libdw/23981] New: dwarf_siblingof() fails with attribute form DW_FORM_ref_addr

["Andreas.Kromke at dreamchip dot de" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23981

            Bug ID: 23981
           Summary: dwarf_siblingof() fails with attribute form
                    DW_FORM_ref_addr
           Product: elfutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libdw
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: Andreas.Kromke at dreamchip dot de
                CC: elfutils-devel at sourceware dot org
  Target Milestone: ---

The API function dwarf_siblingof() internally calls __libdw_formref() which is
deprecated and especially does not support DW_FORM_ref_addr, resulting in a
return code of -1 (format error).

Instead dwarf_siblingof() should call dwarf_formref_die() or an internal
variant of that.

A temporary workaround might be:

int my_dwarf_siblingof(Dwarf_Die *die, Dwarf_Die *result) {
    int ret = dwarf_siblingof(die, result);
    if (ret >= 0) return ret;
    Dwarf_Attribute attr_result;
    Dwarf_Attribute *attr = dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_sibling, &attr_result);
    if (attr == NULL) return -1;
    Dwarf_Die *formref_die = dwarf_formref_die(attr, result);
    if (formref_die == NULL) return -1;
    return 0;
}

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