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28.Dd August 29, 2006
29.Os
30.Dt GELF_GETDYN 3
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gelf_getdyn ,
33.Nm gelf_update_dyn
34.Nd read and update ELF dynamic entries
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libelf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In gelf.h
39.Ft "GElf_Dyn *"
40.Fn gelf_getdyn "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Dyn *dyn"
41.Ft int
42.Fn gelf_update_dyn "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Dyn *dyn"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44These convenience functions are used to retrieve and update class-dependent
45.Vt Elf32_Dyn
46or
47.Vt Elf64_Dyn
48information in the
49.Sy dynamic
50table of an ELF object.
51.Pp
52Argument
53.Ar data
54is an
55.Vt Elf_Data
56descriptor associated with a section of type
57.Dv SHT_DYNAMIC .
58Argument
59.Ar ndx
60is the index of the entry being retrieved or updated.
61The class-independent
62.Vt GElf_Dyn
63structure is described in
64.Xr gelf 3 .
65.Pp
66Function
67.Fn gelf_getdyn
68retrieves the class-dependent entry at index
69.Ar ndx
70in data buffer
71.Ar data
72and copies it to the destination pointed to by argument
73.Ar dyn
74after translation to class-independent form.
75.Pp
76Function
77.Fn gelf_update_dyn
78converts the class-independent entry pointed to
79by argument
80.Ar dyn
81to class-dependent form, and writes it to the entry at index
82.Ar ndx
83in the data buffer described by argument
84.Ar data .
85Function
86.Fn gelf_update_dyn
87signals an error if any of the values in the class-independent
88representation exceeds the representable limits of the target
89type.
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91Function
92.Fn gelf_getdyn
93returns the value of argument
94.Ar dyn
95if successful, or NULL in case of an error.
96Function
97.Fn gelf_update_dyn
98returns a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case of an error.
99.Sh ERRORS
100These functions may fail with the following errors:
101.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
102.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
103Arguments
104.Ar data
105or
106.Ar dyn
107were NULL.
108.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
109Argument
110.Ar ndx
111was less than zero or larger than the number of entries in the data
112descriptor.
113.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
114Data descriptor
115.Ar data
116was not associated with a section of type
117.Dv SHT_DYNAMIC .
118.It Bq Er ELF_E_RANGE
119A value was not representable in the target type.
120.El
121.Sh SEE ALSO
122.Xr elf 3 ,
123.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
124.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
125.Xr gelf 3
126