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Diffstat (limited to 'elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h b/elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h index b6ae7765..91d43802 100644 --- a/elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h +++ b/elfutils/libdwfl/libdwfl.h @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Interfaces for libdwfl. - Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Red Hat, Inc. This file is part of Red Hat elfutils. Red Hat elfutils is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -423,10 +423,11 @@ extern int dwfl_module_getsymtab (Dwfl_Module *mod); /* Fetch one entry from the module's symbol table. On errors, returns NULL. If successful, fills in *SYM and returns the string for st_name. - This works like gelf_getsym except that st_value is always adjusted - to an absolute value based on the module's location. If SHNDXP is - non-null, it's set with the section index (whether from st_shndx or - extended index table). */ + This works like gelf_getsym except that st_value is always adjusted to + an absolute value based on the module's location, when the symbol is in + an SHF_ALLOC section. If SHNDXP is non-null, it's set with the section + index (whether from st_shndx or extended index table); in case of a + symbol in a non-allocated section, *SHNDXP is instead set to -1. */ extern const char *dwfl_module_getsym (Dwfl_Module *mod, int ndx, GElf_Sym *sym, GElf_Word *shndxp) __nonnull_attribute__ (3); |