58 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
58 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and
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.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the
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.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
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.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable
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.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential
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.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods
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.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption)
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.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict
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.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way
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.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of
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.\" such damage.
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.\"
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd August 15, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt ELF_HASH 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm elf_hash
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.Nd compute a hash value for a string
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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 "unsigned long"
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.Fn elf_hash "const char *name"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Function
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.Fn elf_hash
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computes a portable hash value for the null terminated string
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pointed to by argument
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.Ar name .
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.Pp
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The hash value returned is will be identical across
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machines of different architectures.
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This allows hash tables to be built on one machine and
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correctly used on another of a different architecture.
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The hash value returned is also guaranteed
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.Em not
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to be the bit pattern of all ones (~0UL).
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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The library internally uses unsigned 32 bit arithmetic to compute
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the hash value.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr elf 3 ,
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.Xr gelf 3
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