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24.\" $Id: gelf_newehdr.3 189 2008-07-20 10:38:08Z jkoshy $ 25.\" 26.Dd October 22, 2007 27.Os 28.Dt GELF_NEWEHDR 3 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm elf32_newehdr , 31.Nm elf64_newehdr , 32.Nm gelf_newehdr 33.Nd retrieve or allocate the object file header 34.Sh LIBRARY 35.Lb libelf 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.In libelf.h 38.Ft "Elf32_Ehdr *" 39.Fn elf32_newehdr "Elf *elf" 40.Ft "Elf64_Ehdr *" 41.Fn elf64_newehdr "Elf *elf" 42.In gelf.h 43.Ft "void *" 44.Fn gelf_newehdr "Elf *elf" "int elfclass" 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46These functions retrieve the ELF header from the ELF descriptor 47.Ar elf , 48allocating a new header if needed. 49File data structures are translated to their in-memory representations 50as described in 51.Xr elf 3 . 52.Pp 53Function 54.Fn elf32_newehdr 55returns a pointer to a 32 bit 56.Vt Elf32_Ehdr 57structure. 58Function 59.Fn elf64_newehdr 60returns a pointer to a 64 bit 61.Vt Elf64_Ehdr structure. 62.Pp 63When argument 64.Ar elfclass 65has value 66.Dv ELFCLASS32 , 67function 68.Fn gelf_newehdr 69returns the value returned by 70.Fn elf32_newehdr "elf" . 71When argument 72.Ar elfclass 73has value 74.Dv ELFCLASS64 75it returns the value returned by 76.Fn elf64_newehdr "elf" . 77.Pp 78If a fresh header structure is allocated, the members of the 79structure are initialized as follows: 80.Bl -tag -width indent 81.It Va "e_ident[EI_MAG0..EI_MAG3]" 82Identification bytes at offsets 83.Dv EI_MAG0 , 84.Dv EI_MAG1 , 85.Dv EI_MAG2 86and 87.Dv EI_MAG3 88are set to the ELF signature. 89.It Va "e_ident[EI_CLASS]" 90The identification byte at offset 91.Dv EI_CLASS 92is set to the ELF class associated with the function being called 93or to argument 94.Ar elfclass 95for function 96.Fn gelf_newehdr . 97.It Va "e_ident[EI_DATA]" 98The identification byte at offset 99.Dv EI_DATA 100is set to 101.Dv ELFDATANONE . 102.It Va "e_ident[EI_VERSION]" 103The identification byte at offset 104.Dv EI_VERSION 105is set to the ELF library's operating version set by a prior call to 106.Xr elf_version 3 . 107.It Va e_machine 108is set to 109.Dv EM_NONE . 110.It Va e_type 111is set to 112.Dv ELF_K_NONE . 113.It Va e_version 114is set to the ELF library's operating version set by a prior call to 115.Xr elf_version 3 . 116.El 117.Pp 118Other members of the header are set to zero. 119The application is responsible for changing these values 120as needed before calling 121.Fn elf_update . 122.Pp 123If successful, these three functions set the 124.Dv ELF_F_DIRTY 125flag on ELF descriptor 126.Ar elf . 127.Sh RETURN VALUES 128These functions return a pointer to a translated header descriptor 129if successful, or NULL on failure. 130.Sh ERRORS 131These functions can fail with the following errors: 132.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]" 133.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 134The argument 135.Ar elf 136was null. 137.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 138Argument 139.Ar elf 140was not a descriptor for an ELF object. 141.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 142Argument 143.Ar elfclass 144had an unsupported value. 145.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 146The class of the ELF descriptor 147.Ar elf 148did not match that of the requested operation. 149.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 150For function 151.Fn gelf_newehdr , 152the class of argument 153.Ar elf 154was not 155.Dv ELFCLASSNONE 156and did not match the argument 157.Ar elfclass . 158.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS 159The ELF class of descriptor 160.Ar elf 161did not match that of the API function being called. 162.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER 163A malformed ELF header was detected. 164.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE 165An out of memory condition was detected during execution. 166.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION 167The ELF descriptor in argument 168.Ar elf 169did not adhere to the conventions used for extended numbering. 170.It Bq Er ELF_E_VERSION 171The ELF descriptor 172.Ar elf 173had an unsupported ELF version number. 174.El 175.Sh SEE ALSO 176.Xr elf 3 , 177.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 , 178.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 , 179.Xr elf_flagdata 3 , 180.Xr elf_getident 3 , 181.Xr elf_update 3 , 182.Xr elf_version 3 , 183.Xr gelf 3 , 184.Xr gelf_getehdr 3 , 185.Xr elf 5 186