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26.Dd June 12, 2019
27.Dt GELF_NEWPHDR 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf32_newphdr ,
31.Nm elf64_newphdr ,
32.Nm gelf_newphdr
33.Nd allocate an ELF program header table
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libelf
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In libelf.h
38.Ft "Elf32_Phdr *"
39.Fn elf32_newphdr "Elf *elf" "size_t count"
40.Ft "Elf64_Phdr *"
41.Fn elf64_newphdr "Elf *elf" "size_t count"
42.In gelf.h
43.Ft "void *"
44.Fn gelf_newphdr "Elf *elf" "size_t count"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46These functions allocate an ELF Program Header table
47for an ELF descriptor.
48.Vt Elf32_Phdr
49and
50.Vt Elf64_Phdr
51descriptors are described further in
52.Xr elf 5 .
53.Pp
54Functions
55.Fn elf32_newphdr
56and
57.Fn elf64_newphdr
58allocate a table of
59.Ar count
60.Vt Elf32_Phdr
61and
62.Vt Elf64_Phdr
63descriptors respectively,
64discarding any existing program header table
65already present in the ELF descriptor
66.Ar elf .
67A value of zero for argument
68.Ar count
69may be used to delete an existing program header table
70from an ELF descriptor.
71.Pp
72Function
73.Fn gelf_newphdr
74will return a table of
75.Vt Elf32_Phdr
76or
77.Vt Elf64_Phdr
78with
79.Ar count
80elements depending on the ELF class of ELF descriptor
81.Ar elf .
82.Pp
83The functions set the
84.Dv ELF_F_DIRTY
85flag on the program header table.
86All members of the returned array of Phdr structures
87will be initialized to zero.
88.Pp
89After a successful call to these functions, the pointer returned
90by a prior call to
91.Fn elf32_getphdr
92or
93.Fn elf64_getphdr
94on the same descriptor
95.Ar elf
96will no longer be valid.
97.Sh RETURN VALUES
98The functions a valid pointer if successful, or NULL in case an error
99was encountered.
100.Sh COMPATIBILITY
101The
102.Fn gelf_newphdr
103function uses a type of
104.Ft "void *"
105for its returned value.
106This differs from some other implementations of the
107.Xr elf 3
108API, which use an
109.Ft "unsigned long"
110return type.
111.Sh ERRORS
112These functions may fail with the following errors:
113.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
114.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
115Argument
116.Ar elf
117was NULL.
118.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
119Argument
120.Ar elf
121was not a descriptor for an ELF object.
122.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS
123ELF descriptor
124.Ar elf
125was of an unrecognized class.
126.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
127An out of memory condition was detected.
128.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
129An executable header was not allocated for ELF descriptor
130.Ar elf
131before using these APIs.
132.El
133.Sh SEE ALSO
134.Xr elf 3 ,
135.Xr elf32_getphdr 3 ,
136.Xr elf32_newehdr 3 ,
137.Xr elf64_getphdr 3 ,
138.Xr elf64_newehdr 3 ,
139.Xr elf_flagphdr 3 ,
140.Xr elf_getphnum 3 ,
141.Xr gelf 3 ,
142.Xr gelf_getphdr 3 ,
143.Xr gelf_newehdr 3 ,
144.Xr elf 5
145