GELF_GETCAP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual GELF_GETCAP(3)NAME
gelf_getcap, gelf_update_cap — read and update ELF capability information
LIBRARY
library “libelf”
SYNOPSIS
#include <gelf.h>
GElf_Cap *
gelf_getcap(Elf_Data *data, int ndx, GElf_Cap *cap);
int
gelf_update_cap(Elf_Data *data, int ndx, GElf_Cap *cap);
DESCRIPTION
These convenience functions are used to retrieve and update class-depen‐
dent Elf32_Cap or Elf64_Cap information.
Argument data is an Elf_Data descriptor associated with a section of type
SHT_SUNW_cap. Argument ndx is the index of the entry being retrieved or
updated. The class-independent GElf_Cap structure is described in
gelf(3).
Function gelf_getcap() retrieves the class-dependent entry at index ndx
in data buffer data and copies it to the destination pointed to by argu‐
ment cap after translation to class-independent form.
Function gelf_update_cap() converts the class-independent entry pointed
to by argument cap to class-dependent form, and writes it to the entry at
index ndx in the data buffer described by argument data. Function
gelf_update_cap() signals an error if any of the values in the class-
independent representation exceeds the representable limits of the target
type.
RETURN VALUES
Function gelf_getcap() returns the value of argument cap if successful,
or NULL in case of an error. Function gelf_update_cap() returns a non-
zero value if successful, or zero in case of an error.
ERRORS
These functions may fail with the following errors:
[ELF_E_ARGUMENT] Arguments data or cap were NULL.
[ELF_E_ARGUMENT] Argument ndx was less than zero or larger than the num‐
ber of entries in the data descriptor.
[ELF_E_ARGUMENT] Data descriptor data was not associated with a section
of type SHT_SUNW_cap.
[ELF_E_RANGE] A value was not representable in the target type.
SEE ALSOelf(3), elf_getdata(3), elf_getscn(3), gelf(3)BSD August 29, 2006 BSD
