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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd June 28, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt ELF_MEMORY 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf_memory
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.Nd process an ELF or ar(1) archive mapped into memory
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libelf
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libelf.h
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.Ft "Elf *"
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.Fn elf_memory "char *image" "size_t size"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Function
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.Fn elf_memory
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is used to process an ELF file or
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.Xr ar 1
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archive whose image is present in memory.
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar image
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points to the start of the memory image of the file or archive.
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Argument
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.Ar size
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contains the size in bytes of the memory image.
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.Pp
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The ELF descriptor is created for reading (i.e., analogous to the
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use of
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.Xr elf_begin 3
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with a command argument value of
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.Dv ELF_C_READ Ns ).
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Function
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.Fn elf_memory
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returns a pointer to a new ELF descriptor if successful, or NULL if an
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error occurred.
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.Pp
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The return value may be queried for the file type using
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.Xr elf_kind 3 .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To read parse an elf file, use:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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int fd;
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void *p;
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struct stat sb;
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Elf *e;
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\&...
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if ((fd = open("./elf-file", O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
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    fstat(fd, &sb) < 0 ||
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    (p = mmap(NULL, sb.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, (off_t) 0)) ==
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    MAP_FAILED) {
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	... handle system error ...
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}
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if ((e = elf_memory(p, sb.st_size)) == NULL) {
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	... handle elf(3) error ...
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}
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\&... use ELF descriptor "e" here ...
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.Ed
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.Sh ERRORS
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Function
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.Fn elf_memory
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can fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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A NULL value was used for argument
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.Ar image
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or the value of argument
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.Ar sz
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was zero.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER
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The header of the ELF object contained an unsupported value in its
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.Va e_ident[EI_CLASS]
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field.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER
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The header of the ELF object contained an unsupported value in its
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.Va e_ident[EI_DATA]
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field.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
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An out of memory condition was detected.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
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Function
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.Fn elf_memory
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was called before a working version was set using
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.Xr elf_version 3 .
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_VERSION
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The argument
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.Ar image
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corresponds to an ELF file with an unsupported version.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr elf 3 ,
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.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
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.Xr elf_end 3 ,
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.Xr elf_errno 3 ,
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.Xr elf_kind 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3
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