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elf_end
— release
an ELF descriptor
library “libelf”
#include
<libelf.h>
int
elf_end
(Elf
*elf);
Function
elf_end
()
is used to release the resources associated with an ELF descriptor pointed
to by argument elf. This descriptor must have been
allocated by a previous call to
elf_begin(3) or
elf_memory(3). For programming
convenience, a NULL value is permitted for argument
elf.
A call to
elf_end
()
decrements the activation count for descriptor elf by
one. The resources associated with the descriptor are only released with its
activation count goes to zero.
Once function
elf_end
()
returns zero, the ELF descriptor elf will no longer be
valid and should not be used further.
Function elf_end
() returns the current
value of the ELF descriptor elf's activation count, or
zero if argument elf was NULL.
June 29, 2006 | OpenBSD-current |