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diff --git a/lib/libelf/gelf_checksum.3 b/lib/libelf/gelf_checksum.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99870f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libelf/gelf_checksum.3 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and +.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the +.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose +.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable +.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential +.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods +.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) +.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict +.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way +.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of +.\" such damage. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd August 29, 2006 +.Dt GELF_CHECKSUM 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm elf32_checksum , +.Nm elf64_checksum , +.Nm gelf_checksum +.Nd return the checksum of an ELF object +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libelf +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In libelf.h +.Ft long +.Fn elf32_checksum "Elf *elf" +.Ft long +.Fn elf64_checksum "Elf *elf" +.In gelf.h +.Ft long +.Fn gelf_checksum "Elf *elf" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These functions return a simple checksum of the ELF object described +by their argument +.Ar elf . +The checksum is computed in way that allows its value to remain +unchanged in presence of modifications to the ELF object by utilities +like +.Xr strip 1 . +.Pp +Function +.Fn elf32_checksum +returns a checksum for an ELF descriptor +.Ar elf +of class +.Dv ELFCLASS32 . +.Pp +Function +.Fn elf64_checksum +returns a checksum for an ELF descriptor +.Ar elf +of class +.Dv ELFCLASS64 . +.Pp +Function +.Fn gelf_checksum +provides a class-independent way retrieving the checksum +for ELF object +.Ar elf . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +These functions return the checksum of the ELF object, or zero in case +an error was encountered. +.Sh ERRORS +These functions may fail with the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]" +.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT +Argument +.Ar elf +was NULL. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT +Argument +.Ar elf +was not a descriptor for an ELF file. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT +The ELF descriptor +.Ar elf +was not opened for reading or updating. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS +For functions +.Fn elf32_checksum +and +.Fn elf64_checksum , +ELF descriptor +.Ar elf +did not match the class of the called function. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER +The ELF object specified by argument +.Ar elf +had a malformed executable header. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE +An out of memory condition was detected during processing. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION +The ELF object specified by argument +.Ar elf +contained a section with a malformed section header. +.It Bq Er ELF_E_VERSION +The ELF object was of an unsupported version. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr strip 1 , +.Xr elf 3 , +.Xr gelf 3 |