gelf_getdyn - Man Page

Get class-independent information from dynamic table at the given index

Synopsis

#include <gelf.h>

GElf_Dyn *gelf_getdyn (Elf_Data *data, int ndx, GElf_Dyn *dst);

Description

Retrieve a dynamic table entry from data at index ndx and store it in a class-independent representation pointed to by dst.

data must be an Elf_Data* associated with a section of type SHT_DYNAMIC

Parameters

data

Pointer to an Elf_Data of a section with type SHT_DYNAMIC. data->d_type should be ELF_T_DYN.

ndx

Zero-based index of the requested dynamic table entry within data.

dst

Pointer to a caller-provided GElf_Dyn structure for storing the requested dynamic table entry.  Must not be NULL.

Return Value

On success, this function updates dst with the requested dynamic table entry and returns dst. On failure, it returns NULL and sets elf_errno.  If data is NULL, then NULL is returned without setting elf_errno.

See Also

gelf_update_dyn(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

Attributes

InterfaceAttributeValue
gelf_getdyn()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

Referenced By

gelf_getsym(3), gelf_update_dyn(3).

2025-12-30 Libelf Programmer's Manual