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ELF_UPDATE(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		 ELF_UPDATE(3)

NAME
     elf_update — update an ELF descriptor

LIBRARY
     library “libelf”

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libelf.h>

     off_t
     elf_update(Elf *elf, Elf_Cmd cmd);

DESCRIPTION
     Function elf_update() causes the library to recalculate the structure of
     an ELF object and optionally write out the image of the object to file.

     Argument elf is a descriptor to an ELF object.  Argument cmd can take on
     the following values:

     ELF_C_NULL	  The library will recalculate structural information flagging
		  modified structures with the ELF_F_DIRTY flag, but will not
		  write back data to the underlying file image.

     ELF_C_WRITE  The library will recalculate structural information and will
		  also write the new image to the underlying file.

   File Layout
     If the ELF_F_LAYOUT flag has been set on the ELF descriptor, the applica‐
     tion assumes full responsibility for the layout of the ELF object.	 If
     this flag is not set, the ELF library will compute the layout of the file
     from its associated section descriptors.

     It is the application's responsibility to manage the the following struc‐
     ture members in the ELF file:

     Executable Header
	     The ELF executable header is described in elf(5).	The following
	     members of the ELF executable header are the application's
	     responsibility:

	     e_entry		Set to the desired entry address for executa‐
				bles.
	     e_flags		Set to the desired processor specific flags.
	     e_ident[EI_DATA]	Must be set to one of ELFDATA2LSB or
				ELFDATA2MSB.
	     e_ident[EI_OSABI]	Set to the OS ABI desired.  For FreeBSD exe‐
				cutables, this field should be set to
				ELFOSABI_FREEBSD.
	     e_machine		Set to the desired machine architecture, one
				of the EM_* values in <sys/elf_common.h>.
	     e_phoff		If the application is managing the object's
				layout, it must set this field to the file
				offset of the ELF program header table.
	     e_shoff		If the application is managing the object's
				layout, it must set this field to the file
				offset of the ELF section header table.
	     e_shstrndx		Set to the index of the string table contain‐
				ing section names.
	     e_type		Set to the type of the ELF object, one of the
				ET_* values in <sys/elf_common.h>.
	     e_version		Set to the desired version of the ELF object.

     Program Header
	     All fields of the entries in the program header table are under
	     application control.

     Section Header
	     The ELF section header is described in elf(5).  The following
	     members of the ELF section header are the application's responsi‐
	     bility:

	     sh_addr	   Set to the physical memory address where the sec‐
			   tion should reside.
	     sh_addralign  If the application is managing the file layout, it
			   must set this field to the desired alignment for
			   the section's contents.  This value must be a power
			   of two.
	     sh_entsize	   Set to the size of each entry, for sections con‐
			   taining fixed size elements, or set to zero for
			   sections without fixed size elements.  If the
			   application is not managing file layout, it may
			   leave this field as zero for those sections whose
			   types known to the library.
	     sh_flags	   Set to the desired section flags.
	     sh_info	   Set as described in elf(5).
	     sh_link	   Set as described in elf(5).
	     sh_name	   Set to the index of the section's name in the
			   string table containing section names.
	     sh_offset	   If the application is managing the file layout, it
			   must set this field to the file offset of the sec‐
			   tion's contents.
	     sh_size	   If the application is managing the file layout, it
			   must set this field to the file size of the sec‐
			   tion's contents.
	     sh_type	   Set to the type of the section.

     Gaps in the coverage of the file's contents will be set to the fill value
     specified by elf_fill(3).

     If the application has requested full control over the file's layout by
     setting the ELF_F_LAYOUT flag on the ELF descriptor, it should ensure
     that there are no gaps in the coverage of the file's contents.

     All pointers to Elf_Scn and Elf_Data descriptors associated with descrip‐
     tor elf should be considered as invalid after a call to elf_update().

RETURN VALUES
     Function elf_update() returns the total size of the file image if suc‐
     cessful, or -1 if an error occurred.

ERRORS
     This function may fail with the following errors:

     [ELF_E_ARGUMENT]  Argument elf was null.

     [ELF_E_ARGUMENT]  Argument cmd was not recognized.

     [ELF_E_ARGUMENT]  The argument elf was not a descriptor for an ELF
		       object.

     [ELF_E_CLASS]     The e_ident[EI_CLASS] field of the executable header of
		       argument elf did not match the class of the file.

     [ELF_E_DATA]      An Elf_Data descriptor contained in argument elf speci‐
		       fied a type incompatible with its containing section.

     [ELF_E_HEADER]    The ELF header in argument elf requested a different
		       byte order from the byte order already associated with
		       the file.

     [ELF_E_IO]	       An I/O error was encountered.

     [ELF_E_LAYOUT]    An Elf_Data descriptor contained in argument elf speci‐
		       fied an alignment incompatible with its containing sec‐
		       tion.

     [ELF_E_LAYOUT]    Argument elf contained section descriptors that over‐
		       lapped in extent.

     [ELF_E_LAYOUT]    Argument elf contained section descriptors that were
		       incorrectly aligned or were too small for their data.

     [ELF_E_LAYOUT]    The flag ELF_F_LAYOUT was set on the Elf descriptor and
		       the section header table overlapped an extent in the
		       object mapped by a section descriptor.

     [ELF_E_MODE]      An ELF_C_WRITE operation was requested with an ELF
		       descriptor that was not opened for writing or updating.

     [ELF_E_SECTION]   Argument elf contained a section with an unrecognized
		       type.

     [ELF_E_SECTION]   The section header at index SHN_UNDEF had an illegal
		       section type.

     [ELF_E_SEQUENCE]  An ELF_C_WRITE operation was requested after a prior
		       call to elf_cntl(elf, ELF_C_FDDONE) disassociated the
		       ELF descriptor elf from its underlying file.

     [ELF_E_VERSION]   Argument elf had an unsupported version or contained an
		       Elf_Data descriptor with an unsupported version.

SEE ALSO
     elf(3), elf32_getehdr(3), elf32_getphdr(3), elf32_newehdr(3),
     elf32_newphdr(3), elf64_getehdr(3), elf64_getphdr(3), elf64_newehdr(3),
     elf64_newphdr(3), elf_cntl(3), elf_fill(3), elf_flagehdr(3),
     elf_flagelf(3), elf_getdata(3), elf_getscn(3), elf_newdata(3),
     elf_newscn(3), elf_rawdata(3), gelf(3), gelf_newehdr(3), gelf_newphdr(3),
     elf(5)

BSD				March 19, 2008				   BSD
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