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28.Dd October 21, 2007
29.Os
30.Dt GELF_GETPHDR 3
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.Ar index
70from ELF descriptor
71.Ar elf.
72The translated program header table entry will be written to the
73address pointed to be argument
74.Ar 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 NULL in case an error
88was encountered.
89.Sh ERRORS
90These functions may fail with the following errors:
91.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
92.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
93Argument
94.Ar elf
95was NULL.
96.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
97Argument
98.Ar elf
99was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
100.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
101Argument
102.Ar dst
103was NULL.
104.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
105Index
106.Ar index
107was out of range.
108.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS
109The class of ELF descriptor
110.Ar elf
111did not match the expected class of the function being called.
112.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER
113ELF descriptor
114.Ar elf
115did not possess an executable header.
116.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER
117ELF descriptor
118.Ar elf
119had a corrupt executable header.
120.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
121An out of memory condition was detected.
122.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION
123The ELF descriptor in argument
124.Ar elf
125did not adhere to the conventions used for extended numbering.
126.It Bq Er ELF_VERSION
127ELF descriptor
128.Ar elf
129was of an unsupported version.
130.El
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr elf 3 ,
133.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
134.Xr elf32_newphdr 3 ,
135.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
136.Xr elf64_newphdr 3 ,
137.Xr elf_flagphdr 3 ,
138.Xr elf_getphnum 3 ,
139.Xr gelf 3 ,
140.Xr gelf_getehdr 3 ,
141.Xr gelf_newphdr 3 ,
142.Xr gelf_update_phdr 3 ,
143.Xr elf 5
144