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Diffstat (limited to 'libelf/libelf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | libelf/libelf.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libelf/libelf.h b/libelf/libelf.h index 547c0f50..d11358cc 100644 --- a/libelf/libelf.h +++ b/libelf/libelf.h @@ -310,13 +310,13 @@ extern int elf_getshnum (Elf *__elf, size_t *__dst) /* Get the section index of the section header string table in the ELF - file. If the index cannot be represented in the e_shnum field of + file. If the index cannot be represented in the e_shstrndx field of the ELF header the information from the sh_link field in the zeroth section header is used. */ extern int elf_getshdrstrndx (Elf *__elf, size_t *__dst); -/* Sun messed up the implementation of 'elf_getshnum' in their implementation. - It was agreed to make the same functionality available under a different - name and obsolete the old name. */ +/* Sun messed up the implementation of 'elf_getshstrndx' in their + implementation. It was agreed to make the same functionality available + under a different name and obsolete the old name. */ extern int elf_getshstrndx (Elf *__elf, size_t *__dst) __deprecated_attribute__; @@ -366,6 +366,11 @@ extern Elf64_Chdr *elf64_getchdr (Elf_Scn *__scn); It is an error to request compression for a section that already has SHF_COMPRESSED set, or (for elf_compress) to request decompression for an section that doesn't have SHF_COMPRESSED set. + If a section has SHF_COMPRESSED set then calling elf_compress_gnu + will result in an error. The section has to be decompressed first + using elf_compress. Calling elf_compress on a section compressed + with elf_compress_gnu is fine, but probably useless. + It is always an error to call these functions on SHT_NOBITS sections or if the section has the SHF_ALLOC flag set. elf_compress_gnu will not check whether the section name starts |