elf64_getshdr(3)

elf64_getshdr3

Retrieve the section header for a section in 32-bit or 64-bit elf object file

Part of elf32_getshdr(3).

Usage

#include <libelf.h>
Elf32_Shdr *elf32_getshdr(Elf_Scn *scn);
Elf64_Shdr *elf64_getshdr(Elf_Scn *scn);

Overview

Retrieve the section header for the section referred to by scn. If the retrieved section header is modified, elf_flagshdr must be called with ELF_C_SET and ELF_F_DIRTY in order to write the modified section header to disk.

Parameters

scn

The section descriptor whose section header is to be retrieved.

Return value

On success, return a pointer to the section header. If scn is NULL then NULL will be returned. If an error occurs, return NULL and set a libelf error code.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
elf32_getshdr(), elf64_getshdr()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie).

  1. 13–Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

From libelf 0.197-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.