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28.Dd August 27, 2006
29.Os
30.Dt GELF_UPDATE_EHDR 3
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gelf_update_ehdr ,
33.Nm gelf_update_phdr ,
34.Nm gelf_update_shdr
35.Nd update underlying ELF data structures
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libelf
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In gelf.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn gelf_update_ehdr "Elf *elf" "GElf_Ehdr *ehdr"
42.Ft int
43.Fn gelf_update_phdr "Elf *elf" "int ndx" "GElf_Phdr *phdr"
44.Ft int
45.Fn gelf_update_shdr "Elf_Scn *scn" "GElf_Shdr *shdr"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47These functions are used to update ELF data structures on the underlying
48ELF descriptor.
49Class-dependent data structures in the underlying ELF descriptor
50are updated using the data in the class-independent GElf descriptors
51and the underlying ELF data structures are marked
52.Dq dirty .
53The conversion process signals an error if the values being copied
54to the target ELF data structure would exceed representation
55limits.
56GElf descriptors are described in
57.Xr gelf 3 .
58.Pp
59Function
60.Fn gelf_update_ehdr
61updates the ELF Executable Header with the values in the
62class-independent executable header
63.Ar ehdr .
64.Pp
65Function
66.Fn gelf_update_phdr
67updates the ELF Program Header structure at index
68.Ar ndx
69with the values in the class-independent program header
70.Ar phdr .
71.Pp
72Function
73.Fn gelf_update_shdr
74updates the ELF Section Header structure associated with section
75descriptor
76.Ar scn
77with the values in argument
78.Ar shdr .
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80These functions return a non-zero integer on success, or zero in case
81of an error.
82.Sh ERRORS
83These functions may fail with the following errors:
84.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
85.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
86Arguments
87.Ar elf ,
88.Ar ehdr ,
89.Ar phdr ,
90.Ar scn ,
91or
92.Ar shdr
93were NULL.
94.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
95Argument
96.Ar elf
97was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
98.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
99Argument
100.Ar elf
101had an unsupported ELF class.
102.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
103Argument
104.Ar ndx
105exceeded the number of entries in the program header table.
106.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
107Section descriptor
108.Ar scn
109was not associated with an ELF descriptor.
110.It Bq Er ELF_E_MODE
111ELF descriptor
112.Ar elf
113was not opened for writing or updating.
114.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
115An out of memory condition was detected.
116.El
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr elf 3 ,
119.Xr elf_flagelf 3 ,
120.Xr elf_flagphdr 3 ,
121.Xr elf_flagshdr 3 ,
122.Xr gelf 3 ,
123.Xr gelf_getehdr 3 ,
124.Xr gelf_getphdr 3 ,
125.Xr gelf_getshdr 3
126