gelf_update_ehdr - Man Page

copy a class-independent ELF header into an ELF descriptor

Synopsis

#include <gelf.h>

int gelf_update_ehdr(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *src);

Description

gelf_update_ehdr() copies the class-independent ELF header from the structure pointed to by src into the ELF descriptor elf . The header is translated as necessary to match the class ( ELFCLASS32 or ELFCLASS64) of the underlying object.

If elf has class ELFCLASS32 then e_entry, e_phoff and e_shoff must be expressible as 32-bit values.  This function also marks the Ehdr dirty (see elf_flagehdr()).

Parameters

elf

Pointer to an ELF descriptor of kind ELF_K_ELF.

src

Pointer to a GElf_Ehdr structure that holds the caller’s desired header contents. Must not be NULL.

Return Value

On success, gelf_update_ehdr() returns a non-zero value.  On failure, it returns 0 and sets elf_errno.  If elf is NULL, then 0 is returned without setting elf_errno.

See Also

gelf_getehdr(3), gelf_newehdr(3), elf_flagehdr(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

Attributes

InterfaceAttributeValue
gelf_update_ehdr()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Reporting Bugs

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

Referenced By

gelf_getehdr(3), gelf_newehdr(3).

2025-09-17 Libelf Programmer's Manual