1.\" $NetBSD: gelf_getphdr.3,v 1.6 2024/03/03 17:37:34 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and 15.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the 16.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 17.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable 18.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential 19.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods 20.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) 21.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict 22.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way 23.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of 24.\" such damage. 25.\" 26.\" Id: gelf_getphdr.3 3958 2022-03-12 14:31:32Z jkoshy 27.\" 28.Dd October 21, 2007 29.Dt GELF_GETPHDR 3 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm elf32_getphdr , 33.Nm elf64_getphdr , 34.Nm gelf_getphdr 35.Nd retrieve an ELF program header table 36.Sh LIBRARY 37.Lb libelf 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In libelf.h 40.Ft "Elf32_Phdr *" 41.Fn elf32_getphdr "Elf *elf" 42.Ft "Elf64_Phdr *" 43.Fn elf64_getphdr "Elf *elf" 44.In gelf.h 45.Ft "GElf_Phdr *" 46.Fn gelf_getphdr "Elf *elf" "int index" "GElf_Phdr *dst" 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48These functions retrieve and translate ELF program header information 49from an ELF descriptor, if this information exists. 50.Pp 51Functions 52.Fn elf32_getphdr 53and 54.Fn elf64_getphdr 55return a pointer to an array of translated 56.Vt Elf32_Phdr 57and 58.Vt Elf64_Phdr 59descriptors respectively. 60These descriptors are described in 61.Xr elf 5 . 62The number of entries in this array may be determined using the 63.Xr elf_getphnum 3 64function. 65.Pp 66Function 67.Fn gelf_getphdr 68will retrieve the program header table entry at index 69.Fa index 70from ELF descriptor 71.Fa elf . 72The translated program header table entry will be written to the 73address pointed to be argument 74.Fa dst . 75.Pp 76Applications may inform the library of modifications to a program header table entry 77by using the 78.Xr elf_flagphdr 3 79API. 80Applications using the 81.Xr gelf 3 82interface need to use the 83.Xr gelf_update_phdr 3 84API to copy modifications to a program header entry back to the underlying 85ELF descriptor. 86.Sh RETURN VALUES 87The functions a valid pointer if successful, or 88.Dv NULL 89in case an error was encountered. 90.Sh ERRORS 91These functions may fail with the following errors: 92.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]" 93.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 94Argument 95.Fa elf 96was 97.Dv NULL . 98.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 99Argument 100.Fa elf 101was not a descriptor for an ELF object. 102.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 103Argument 104.Fa dst 105was 106.Dv NULL . 107.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 108Index 109.Fa index 110was out of range. 111.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS 112The class of ELF descriptor 113.Fa elf 114did not match the expected class of the function being called. 115.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER 116ELF descriptor 117.Fa elf 118did not possess an executable header. 119.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER 120ELF descriptor 121.Fa elf 122had a corrupt executable header. 123.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE 124An out of memory condition was detected. 125.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION 126The ELF descriptor in argument 127.Fa elf 128did not adhere to the conventions used for extended numbering. 129.It Bq Er ELF_VERSION 130ELF descriptor 131.Fa elf 132was of an unsupported version. 133.El 134.Sh SEE ALSO 135.Xr elf 3 , 136.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 , 137.Xr elf32_newphdr 3 , 138.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 , 139.Xr elf64_newphdr 3 , 140.Xr elf_flagphdr 3 , 141.Xr elf_getphnum 3 , 142.Xr gelf 3 , 143.Xr gelf_getehdr 3 , 144.Xr gelf_newphdr 3 , 145.Xr gelf_update_phdr 3 , 146.Xr elf 5 147