elf32_getphdr - Man Page

retrieve the program header table for a 32-bit or 64-bit ELF object file

Synopsis

#include <libelf.h>

Elf32_Phdr *elf32_getphdr(Elf *elf);
Elf64_Phdr *elf64_getphdr(Elf *elf);

Description

Retrieve the program header table for the given ELF descriptor elf. The number of elements in the program header table can be retrieved with elf32_getphdrnum and elf64_getphdrnum. elf32_newphdr and elf64_newphdr change the size of the program header table or to delete it. If changing an element of the program header table, you must call elf_flagphdr with ELF_C_SET and ELF_F_DIRTY in order to write the new data to disk.

Parameters

elf

ELF descriptor from which to retrieve the program header table.

Return Value

On success, return a pointer to the program header table. Return NULL if there is no program header.  On failure, return NULL and set a libelf error code.

See Also

elf32_newphdr(3), elf_errno(3), elf_getphdrnum(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
elf32_getphdr(), elf64_getphdr()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

Referenced By

The man page elf64_getphdr(3) is an alias of elf32_getphdr(3).

2024-08-14 Libelf Programmer's Manual