GELF_NEWPHDR(3)

NAME
elf32_newphdr, elf64_newphdr, gelf_newphdr - allocate an ELF program header table

SYNOPSIS
libelf
#include <libelf.h>
Elf32_Phdr *
elf32_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);
Elf64_Phdr *
elf64_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);
#include <gelf.h>
void *
gelf_newphdr(Elf *elf, size_t count);

DESCRIPTION
These functions allocate an ELF Program Header table for an ELF descriptor. Elf32_Phdr and Elf64_Phdr descriptors are described further in elf(5).

Functions elf32_newphdr() and elf64_newphdr() allocate a table of count Elf32_Phdr and Elf64_Phdr descriptors respectively, discarding any existing program header table already present in the ELF descriptor elf. A value of zero for argument count may be used to delete an existing program header table from an ELF descriptor.

Function gelf_newphdr() will return a table of Elf32_Phdr or Elf64_Phdr with count elements depending on the ELF class of ELF descriptor elf.

The functions set the ELF_F_DIRTY flag on the program header table. All members of the returned array of Phdr structures will be initialized to zero.

After a successful call to these functions, the pointer returned by a prior call to elf32_getphdr() or elf64_getphdr() on the same descriptor elf will no longer be valid.

RETURN VALUES
The functions a valid pointer if successful, or NULL in case an error was encountered.

COMPATIBILITY
The gelf_newphdr() function uses a type of void * for its returned value. This differs from some other implementations of the elf(3) API, which use an unsigned long return type.

ERRORS
These functions may fail with the following errors:

[ELF_E_ARGUMENT]
    Argument elf was NULL.

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

[ELF_E_CLASS]
    ELF descriptor elf was of an unrecognized class.

[ELF_E_RESOURCE]
    An out of memory condition was detected.

[ELF_E_SEQUENCE]
    An executable header was not allocated for ELF descriptor elf before using these APIs.

SEE ALSO
elf(3), elf32_getphdr(3), elf32_newehdr(3), elf64_getphdr(3), elf64_newehdr(3), elf_flagphdr(3), elf_getphnum(3), gelf(3), gelf_getphdr(3), gelf_newehdr(3), elf(5)