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26 .\" Id: gelf_update_ehdr.3 189 2008-07-20 10:38:08Z jkoshy
30 .Dt GELF_UPDATE_EHDR 3
32 .Nm gelf_update_ehdr ,
33 .Nm gelf_update_phdr ,
35 .Nd update underlying ELF data structures
41 .Fn gelf_update_ehdr "Elf *elf" "GElf_Ehdr *ehdr"
43 .Fn gelf_update_phdr "Elf *elf" "int ndx" "GElf_Phdr *phdr"
45 .Fn gelf_update_shdr "Elf_Scn *scn" "GElf_Shdr *shdr"
47 These functions are used to update ELF data structures on the underlying
49 Class-dependent data structures in the underlying ELF descriptor
50 are updated using the data in the class-independent GElf descriptors
51 and the underlying ELF data structures are marked
53 The conversion process signals an error if the values being copied
54 to the target ELF data structure would exceed representation
56 GElf descriptors are described in
61 updates the ELF Executable Header with the values in the
62 class-independent executable header
67 updates the ELF Program Header structure at index
69 with the values in the class-independent program header
74 updates the ELF Section Header structure associated with section
77 with the values in argument
80 These functions return a non-zero integer on success, or zero in case
83 These functions may fail with the following errors:
84 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
85 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
94 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
97 was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
98 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
101 had an unsupported ELF class.
102 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
105 exceeded the number of entries in the program header table.
106 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
109 was not associated with an ELF descriptor.
113 was not opened for writing or updating.
114 .It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
115 An out of memory condition was detected.