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26.Dd April 22, 2019
27.Dt GELF_GETSYMINFO 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm gelf_getsyminfo ,
31.Nm gelf_update_syminfo
32.Nd read and update symbol information
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libelf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In gelf.h
37.Ft "GElf_Syminfo *"
38.Fn gelf_getsyminfo "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Syminfo *syminfo"
39.Ft int
40.Fn gelf_update_syminfo "Elf_Data *data" "int ndx" "GElf_Syminfo *syminfo"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42These convenience functions are used to retrieve and update class-dependent
43.Vt Elf32_Syminfo
44and
45.Vt Elf64_Syminfo
46records in an ELF object.
47.Pp
48Argument
49.Ar data
50is an
51.Vt Elf_Data
52descriptor associated with a section of type
53.Dv SHT_SUNW_syminfo .
54Argument
55.Ar ndx
56is the index of the record being retrieved or updated.
57The class-independent
58.Vt GElf_Syminfo
59structure is described in
60.Xr gelf 3 .
61.Pp
62Function
63.Fn gelf_getsyminfo
64retrieves class-dependent record at index
65.Ar ndx
66in data buffer
67.Ar data
68and copies it to the destination pointed to by argument
69.Ar syminfo
70after translation to class-independent form.
71.Pp
72Function
73.Fn gelf_update_syminfo
74converts the class-independent record pointed to
75by argument
76.Ar syminfo
77to class-dependent form, and writes it to the record at index
78.Ar ndx
79in the data buffer described by argument
80.Ar data .
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82Function
83.Fn gelf_getsyminfo
84returns the value of argument
85.Ar syminfo
86if successful, or NULL in case of an error.
87Function
88.Fn gelf_update_syminfo
89returns a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case of an error.
90.Sh ERRORS
91These functions may fail with the following errors:
92.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
93.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
94Arguments
95.Ar data
96or
97.Ar syminfo
98were NULL.
99.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
100Argument
101.Ar ndx
102was less than zero or larger than the number of symbols in the data
103descriptor.
104.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
105Data descriptor
106.Ar data
107was not associated with a section containing symbol information.
108.It Bq Er ELF_E_VERSION
109The
110.Vt Elf_Data
111descriptor denoted by argument
112.Ar data
113is associated with an ELF object with an unsupported version.
114.El
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr elf 3 ,
117.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
118.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
119.Xr gelf 3 ,
120.Xr gelf_getsym 3 ,
121.Xr gelf_update_sym 3
122