NAME
elf32_getehdr,
elf64_getehdr, gelf_getehdr
— retrieve the object file
header
LIBRARY
library “libelf”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<libelf.h>
Elf32_Ehdr *
elf32_getehdr(Elf
*elf);
Elf64_Ehdr *
elf64_getehdr(Elf
*elf);
#include
<gelf.h>
GElf_Ehdr *
gelf_getehdr(Elf
*elf, GElf_Ehdr
*dst);
DESCRIPTION
These functions retrieve the ELF object file header from the ELF descriptor elf and return a translated header descriptor to their callers.
Functions
elf32_getehdr()
and
elf64_getehdr()
return a pointer to the appropriate class-specific header descriptor if it
exists in the file referenced by descriptor elf. These
functions return NULL if an ELF header was not found
in file elf.
Function
gelf_getehdr()
stores a translated copy of the header for ELF file
elf into the descriptor pointed to by argument
dst. It returns argument dst if
successful or NULL in case of failure.
RETURN VALUES
These functions return a pointer to a translated header descriptor if successful, or NULL on failure.
ERRORS
These functions can fail with the following errors:
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - The argument elf was null.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - Argument elf was not a descriptor for an ELF file.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - The elf class of descriptor elf was not recognized.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - Argument dst was null.
- [
ELF_E_CLASS] - The ELF class of descriptor elf did not match that of the API function being called.
- [
ELF_E_HEADER] - ELF descriptor elf does not have an associated header.
- [
ELF_E_RESOURCE] - An out of memory condition was detected during execution.
- [
ELF_E_SECTION] - The ELF descriptor in argument elf did not adhere to the conventions used for extended numbering.
- [
ELF_E_VERSION] - The ELF descriptor elf had an unsupported ELF version number.
SEE ALSO
elf(3), elf32_newehdr(3), elf64_newehdr(3), elf_flagehdr(3), elf_getident(3), gelf(3), gelf_newehdr(3), elf(5)