1.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. 2.\" 3.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 4.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 5.\" are met: 6.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 7.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 8.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 10.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 11.\" 12.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and 13.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the 14.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 15.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable 16.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential 17.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods 18.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) 19.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict 20.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way 21.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of 22.\" such damage. 23.\" 24.\" $Id: elf_end.3 3639 2018-10-14 14:07:02Z jkoshy $ 25.\" 26.Dd June 29, 2006 27.Dt ELF_END 3 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm elf_end 31.Nd release an ELF descriptor 32.Sh LIBRARY 33.Lb libelf 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.In libelf.h 36.Ft int 37.Fn elf_end "Elf *elf" 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39Function 40.Fn elf_end 41is used to release the resources associated with an ELF descriptor 42pointed to by argument 43.Ar elf . 44This descriptor must have been allocated by a previous call to 45.Xr elf_begin 3 46or 47.Xr elf_memory 3 . 48For programming convenience, a NULL value is permitted for argument 49.Ar elf . 50.Pp 51A call to 52.Fn elf_end 53decrements the activation count for descriptor 54.Ar elf 55by one. 56The resources associated with the descriptor are only released 57with its activation count goes to zero. 58.Pp 59Once function 60.Fn elf_end 61returns zero, the ELF descriptor 62.Ar elf 63will no longer be valid and should not be used further. 64.Sh RETURN VALUES 65Function 66.Fn elf_end 67returns the current value of the ELF descriptor 68.Ar elf Ap s 69activation count, or zero if argument 70.Ar elf 71was NULL. 72.Sh SEE ALSO 73.Xr elf 3 , 74.Xr elf_begin 3 , 75.Xr elf_memory 3 , 76.Xr gelf 3 77