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ELF32_GETPHDR

Section: Libelf Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 202-0-14
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NAME

elf32_getphdr, elf64_getphdr - retrieve the program header table for a 3-bit or 6-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.

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
elf32_getphdr(), elf64_getphdr()	Thread safety	M-Safe

REPORTING BUGS

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