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GELF_NEWPHDR(3) Library Functions Manual GELF_NEWPHDR(3)

elf32_newphdr, elf64_newphdr, gelf_newphdrallocate an ELF program header table

library “libelf”

#include <libelf.h>

Elf32_Phdr *
elf32_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);

Elf64_Phdr *
elf64_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);

#include <gelf.h>

void *
gelf_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);

These functions allocate an ELF Program Header table for an ELF descriptor. Elf32_Phdr and Elf64_Phdr descriptors are described further in elf(5).

Functions () and () allocate a table of count Elf32_Phdr and Elf64_Phdr descriptors respectively, discarding any existing program header table already present in the ELF descriptor elf. A value of zero for argument count may be used to delete an existing program header table from an ELF descriptor.

Function () will return a table of Elf32_Phdr or Elf64_Phdr with count elements depending on the ELF class of ELF descriptor elf.

The functions set the ELF_F_DIRTY flag on the program header table. All members of the returned array of Phdr structures will be initialized to zero.

After a successful call to these functions, the pointer returned by a prior call to () or () on the same descriptor elf will no longer be valid.

The functions a valid pointer if successful, or NULL in case an error was encountered.

The gelf_newphdr() function uses a type of void * for its returned value. This differs from some other implementations of the elf(3) API, which use an unsigned long return type.

These functions may fail with the following errors:

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Argument elf was NULL.
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Argument elf was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
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ELF descriptor elf was of an unrecognized class.
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An out of memory condition was detected.
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An executable header was not allocated for ELF descriptor elf before using these APIs.

elf(3), elf32_getphdr(3), elf32_newehdr(3), elf64_getphdr(3), elf64_newehdr(3), elf_flagphdr(3), elf_getphnum(3), gelf(3), gelf_getphdr(3), gelf_newehdr(3), elf(5)

June 12, 2019 OpenBSD-7.5