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26.Dd June 12, 2019
27.Dt ELF_FLAGDATA 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf_flagarhdr ,
31.Nm elf_flagdata ,
32.Nm elf_flagehdr ,
33.Nm elf_flagelf ,
34.Nm elf_flagphdr ,
35.Nm elf_flagscn ,
36.Nm elf_flagshdr
37.Nd manipulate flags associated with ELF data structures
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libelf
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In libelf.h
42.Ft "unsigned int"
43.Fn elf_flagarhdr "Elf_Arhdr *arhdr" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
44.Ft "unsigned int"
45.Fn elf_flagdata "Elf_Data *data" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
46.Ft "unsigned int"
47.Fn elf_flagehdr "Elf *elf" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
48.Ft "unsigned int"
49.Fn elf_flagelf "Elf *elf" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
50.Ft "unsigned int"
51.Fn elf_flagphdr "Elf *elf" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
52.Ft "unsigned int"
53.Fn elf_flagscn "Elf_Scn *scn" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
54.Ft "unsigned int"
55.Fn elf_flagshdr "Elf_Scn *scn" "Elf_Cmd cmd" "unsigned int flags"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57These functions are used to query, set or reset flags on data
58structures associated with an ELF file.
59.Pp
60Arguments
61.Ar arhdr ,
62.Ar data ,
63.Ar elf
64and
65.Ar scn
66denote the data structures whose flags need to be changed.
67These values should have been returned by prior calls to
68functions in the
69.Xr elf 3
70API set:
71.Bl -bullet -compact
72.It
73Argument
74.Ar arhdr
75should have been returned by a prior call to
76.Xr elf_getarhdr 3 .
77.It
78Argument
79.Ar data
80should have been returned by a prior call to one of
81.Xr elf_newdata 3 ,
82.Xr elf_getdata 3
83or
84.Xr elf_rawdata 3 .
85.It
86Argument
87.Ar elf
88should have been allocated by a prior call to one of
89.Xr elf_begin 3
90or
91.Xr elf_memory 3 .
92.It
93Argument
94.Ar scn
95should have been returned by a prior call to one of
96.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
97.Xr elf_newscn 3
98or
99.Xr elf_nextscn 3 .
100.El
101These values are allowed to be NULL to simplify error handling in
102application code.
103.Pp
104Argument
105.Ar cmd
106may have the following values:
107.Bl -tag -width ELF_C_SET
108.It Dv ELF_C_CLR
109The argument
110.Ar flags
111specifies the flags to be cleared.
112.It Dv ELF_C_SET
113The argument
114.Ar flags
115specifies the flags to be set.
116.El
117.Pp
118The argument
119.Ar flags
120is allowed to have the following flags set:
121.Bl -tag -width ELF_F_ARCHIVE_SYSV
122.It Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE
123This flag is only valid with the
124.Fn elf_flagelf
125API.
126It informs the library that the application desires to create an
127.Xr ar 1
128archive.
129Argument
130.Ar elf
131should have been opened for writing using the
132.Dv ELF_C_WRITE
133command to function
134.Fn elf_begin .
135.It Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE_SYSV
136This flag is used in conjunction with the
137.Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE
138flag to indicate that library should create archives that conform
139to System V layout rules.
140The default is to create BSD style archives.
141.It Dv ELF_F_DIRTY
142Mark the associated data structure as needing to be written back
143to the underlying file.
144A subsequent call to
145.Xr elf_update 3
146will resynchronize the library's internal data structures.
147.It Dv ELF_F_LAYOUT
148This flag is only valid with the
149.Fn elf_flagelf
150API.
151It informs the library that the application will take
152responsibility for the layout of the file and that the library is
153not to insert any padding in between sections.
154.El
155.Pp
156Marking a given data structure as
157.Dq dirty
158affects all of its contained elements.
159Thus marking an ELF descriptor
160.Ar elf
161with
162.Fn elf_flagelf "elf" "ELF_C_SET" "ELF_F_DIRTY"
163means that the entire contents of the descriptor are
164.Dq dirty .
165.Pp
166Using a value of zero for argument
167.Ar flags
168will return the current set of flags for the data structure being
169queried.
170.Sh RETURN VALUES
171These functions return the updated flags if successful, or zero if
172an error is detected.
173.Sh COMPATIBILITY
174The
175.Fn elf_flagarhdr
176function and the
177.Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE
178and
179.Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE_SYSV
180flags are an extension to the
181.Xr elf 3
182API.
183.Sh ERRORS
184These functions may fail with the following errors:
185.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
186.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
187An unsupported value was used for the
188.Ar cmd
189argument.
190.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
191Argument
192.Ar flags
193had unsupported flags set.
194.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
195The argument
196.Ar elf
197was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
198.It Bq Er ELF_E_MODE
199The
200.Dv ELF_F_ARCHIVE
201flag was used with an ELF descriptor that had not been opened for writing.
202.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
203Function
204.Fn elf_flagehdr
205was called without an executable header being allocated.
206.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
207Function
208.Fn elf_flagphdr
209was called without a program header being allocated.
210.El
211.Sh SEE ALSO
212.Xr elf 3 ,
213.Xr elf32_newehdr 3 ,
214.Xr elf32_newphdr 3 ,
215.Xr elf64_newehdr 3 ,
216.Xr elf64_newphdr 3 ,
217.Xr elf_newdata 3 ,
218.Xr elf_update 3 ,
219.Xr gelf 3 ,
220.Xr gelf_newehdr 3 ,
221.Xr gelf_newphdr 3 ,
222.Xr gelf_update_dyn 3 ,
223.Xr gelf_update_move 3 ,
224.Xr gelf_update_rel 3 ,
225.Xr gelf_update_rela 3 ,
226.Xr gelf_update_sym 3 ,
227.Xr gelf_update_syminfo 3
228