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26 .\" Id: gelf_getsym.3 189 2008-07-20 10:38:08Z jkoshy
34 .Nd read and update symbol information
40 .Fn gelf_getsym "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Sym *sym"
42 .Fn gelf_update_sym "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Sym *sym"
44 These convenience functions are used to retrieve and update class-dependent
48 structures in an ELF object.
54 descriptor associated with a section of type
61 is the index of the symbol being retrieved or updated.
64 structure is described in
69 retrieves class-dependent symbol information at index
73 and copies it to the destination pointed to by argument
75 after translation to class-independent form.
79 converts the class-independent symbol information pointed to
82 to class-dependent form, and writes it to the symbol entry at index
84 in the data buffer described by argument
88 signals an error if any of the values in the class-independent
89 representation exceeds the representable limits of the target
94 returns the value of argument
96 if successful, or NULL in case of an error.
99 returns a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case of an error.
101 These functions may fail with the following errors:
102 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
103 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
109 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
112 was less than zero or larger than the number of symbols in the data
114 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
117 was not associated with a section containing symbol information.
118 .It Bq Er ELF_E_RANGE
119 A value was not representable in the target type.
126 .Xr gelf_getsyminfo 3 ,
127 .Xr gelf_update_syminfo 3