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3.3 KiB
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116 lines
3.3 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd August 29, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt GELF_GETSYMINFO 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gelf_getsyminfo ,
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.Nm gelf_update_syminfo
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.Nd read and update symbol information
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libelf
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In gelf.h
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.Ft "GElf_Syminfo *"
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.Fn gelf_getsyminfo "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Syminfo *syminfo"
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.Ft int
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.Fn gelf_update_syminfo "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Syminfo *syminfo"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These convenience functions are used to retrieve and update class-dependent
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.Vt Elf32_Syminfo
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and
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.Vt Elf64_Syminfo
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records in an ELF object.
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.Pp
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Argument
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.Ar data
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is an
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.Vt Elf_Data
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descriptor associated with a section of type
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.Dv SHT_SUNW_syminfo .
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Argument
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.Ar ndx
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is the index of the record being retrieved or updated.
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The class-independent
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.Vt GElf_Syminfo
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structure is described in
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.Xr gelf 3 .
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn gelf_getsyminfo
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retrieves class-dependent record at index
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.Ar ndx
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in data buffer
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.Ar data
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and copies it to the destination pointed to by argument
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.Ar syminfo
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after translation to class-independent form.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn gelf_update_syminfo
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converts the class-independent record pointed to
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by argument
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.Ar syminfo
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to class-dependent form, and writes it to the record at index
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.Ar ndx
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in the data buffer described by argument
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.Ar data .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Function
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.Fn gelf_getsyminfo
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returns the value of argument
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.Ar syminfo
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if successful, or NULL in case of an error.
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Function
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.Fn gelf_update_syminfo
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returns a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case of an error.
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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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Arguments
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.Ar data
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or
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.Ar syminfo
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were NULL.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Argument
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.Ar ndx
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was less than zero or larger than the number of symbols in the data
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descriptor.
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.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
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Data descriptor
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.Ar data
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was not associated with a section containing symbol information.
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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_getdata 3 ,
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.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3 ,
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.Xr gelf_getsym 3 ,
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.Xr gelf_update_sym 3
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