elf_getshdrstrndx —
retrieve the index of the section name string
table
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
#include
<libelf.h>
int
elf_getshdrstrndx(
Elf
*elf,
size_t
*ndxptr);
Function
elf_getshdrstrndx() retrieves the section
index of the string table containing section names from descriptor
elf and stores it into the location pointed
to by argument
ndxptr.
This function allow applications to process both normal ELF objects and ELF
objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
These functions return zero if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
These functions can fail with the following errors:
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- A NULL value was passed in for argument
elf.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument elf was not for
an ELF file.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument elf lacks an ELF
Executable header.
-
-
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT
]
- Argument ndx contained a
value in the reserved range of section indices.
elf(3),
elf32_getehdr(3),
elf64_getehdr(3),
elf_getident(3),
elf_getphdrnum(3),
elf_getshdrnum(3),
gelf(3),
gelf_getehdr(3)