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225 lines
6.1 KiB
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.\" $Id$
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.Dd January 26, 2011
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.Os
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.Dt ELF_GETDATA 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf_getdata ,
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.Nm elf_newdata ,
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.Nm elf_rawdata
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.Nd iterate through or allocate section data
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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_Data *"
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.Fn elf_getdata "Elf_Scn *scn" "Elf_Data *data"
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf_newdata "Elf_Scn *scn"
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.Ft "Elf_Data *"
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.Fn elf_rawdata "Elf_Scn *scn" "Elf_Data *data"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions are used to access and manipulate data descriptors
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associated with section descriptors.
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Data descriptors used by the ELF library are described in
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.Xr elf 3 .
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn elf_getdata
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will return the next data descriptor associated with section descriptor
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.Ar scn .
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The returned data descriptor will be setup to contain translated data.
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Argument
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.Ar data
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may be NULL, in which case the function returns the first data descriptor
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associated with section
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.Ar scn .
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If argument
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.Ar data
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is not NULL, it must be a pointer to a data descriptor associated with
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section descriptor
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.Ar scn ,
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and function
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.Fn elf_getdata
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will return a pointer to the next data descriptor for the section,
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or NULL when the end of the section's descriptor list is reached.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn elf_newdata
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will allocate a new data descriptor and append it to the list of data
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descriptors associated with section descriptor
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.Ar scn .
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The new data descriptor will be initialized as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width "d_version" -compact -offset indent
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.It Va d_align
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Set to 1.
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.It Va d_buf
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Initialized to NULL.
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.It Va d_off
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Set to (off_t) -1.
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This field is under application control if the
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.Dv ELF_F_LAYOUT
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flag was set on the ELF descriptor.
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.It Va d_size
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Set to zero.
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.It Va d_type
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Initialized to
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.Dv ELF_T_BYTE .
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.It Va d_version
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Set to the current working version of the library, as set by
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.Xr elf_version 3 .
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.El
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The application must set these values as appropriate before
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calling
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.Xr elf_update 3 .
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Section
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.Ar scn
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must be associated with an ELF file opened for writing.
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If the application has not requested full control of layout by
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setting the
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.Dv ELF_F_LAYOUT
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flag on descriptor
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.Ar elf ,
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then the data referenced by the returned descriptor will be positioned
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after the existing content of the section, honoring the file alignment
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specified in member
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.Va d_align .
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On successful completion of a call to
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.Fn elf_newdata ,
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the ELF library will mark the section
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.Ar scn
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as
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.Dq dirty .
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn elf_rawdata
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is used to step through the data descriptors associated with
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section
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.Ar scn .
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In contrast to function
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.Fn elf_getdata ,
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this function returns untranslated data.
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If argument
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.Ar data
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is NULL, the first data descriptor associated with section
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.Ar scn
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is returned.
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If argument
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.Ar data
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is not NULL, is must be a data descriptor associated with
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section
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.Ar scn ,
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and function
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.Fn elf_rawdata
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will return the next data descriptor in the list, or NULL
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if no further descriptors are present.
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Function
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.Fn elf_rawdata
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always returns
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.Vt Elf_Data
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structures of type
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.Dv ELF_T_BYTE .
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.Ss Special handling of zero-sized and SHT_NOBITS sections
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For sections of type
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.Dv SHT_NOBITS,
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and for zero-sized sections,
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the functions
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.Fn elf_getdata
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and
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.Fn elf_rawdata
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return a pointer to a valid
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.Vt Elf_Data
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structure that has its
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.Va d_buf
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member set to NULL and its
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.Va d_size
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member set to the size of the section.
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.Pp
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If an application wishes to create a section of type
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.Dv SHT_NOBITS ,
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it should add a data buffer to the section using function
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.Fn elf_newdata .
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It should then set the
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.Va d_buf
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and
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.Va d_size
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members of the returned
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.Vt Elf_Data
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structure to NULL and the desired size of the section respectively.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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These functions return a valid pointer to a data descriptor if successful, or
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NULL if an error occurs.
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.Sh ERRORS
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These functions may 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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Either of arguments
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.Ar scn
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or
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.Ar data
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was NULL.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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The data descriptor referenced by argument
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.Ar data
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is not associated with section descriptor
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.Ar scn .
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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The section denoted by argument
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.Ar scn
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had no data associated with it.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_DATA
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Retrieval of data from the underlying object failed.
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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_SECTION
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The section type associated with section
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.Ar scn
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is not recognized by the library.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION
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The size of the section
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.Ar scn
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is not a multiple of the file size for its section type.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION
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The file offset for section
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.Ar scn
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is incorrect.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_UNIMPL
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The section type associated with section
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.Ar scn
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is currently unsupported by the library.
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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_flagdata 3 ,
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.Xr elf_flagscn 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getshdr 3 ,
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.Xr elf_newscn 3 ,
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.Xr elf_rawfile 3 ,
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.Xr elf_update 3 ,
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.Xr elf_version 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3
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