Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <[email protected]>
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doc/Makefile.am | 1 +
doc/gelf_getsym.3 | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 80 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/gelf_getsym.3
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index bf98382e..25567984 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ notrans_dist_man3_MANS= elf32_checksum.3 \
gelf_getphdr.3 \
gelf_getrel.3 \
gelf_getrela.3 \
+ gelf_getsym.3 \
gelf_getversym.3 \
gelf_getverdef.3 \
gelf_getverdaux.3 \
diff --git a/doc/gelf_getsym.3 b/doc/gelf_getsym.3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c1f946c
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+.TH GELF_GETSYM 3 2025-12-29 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+gelf_getsym \- Retrieve class\-independent symbol information from the symbol
+table at the given index
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <gelf.h>
+
+.BI "GElf_Sym *gelf_getsym (Elf_Data *" data ", int " ndx ", GElf_Sym *" dst
");"
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Translate the symbol table entry at index
+.I ndx
+from
+.I data
+into a class\-independent representation stored in
+.IR *dst .
+
+.PP
+.I data
+must be the
+.B Elf_Data
+of a section with type
+.B SHT_SYMTAB
+or
+.BR SHT_DYNSYM .
+
+.SH PARAMETERS
+.TP
+.I data
+Pointer to an
+.B Elf_Data
+of a
+.B SHT_SYMTAB
+or
+.B SHT_DYNSYM
+section.
+
+.TP
+.I ndx
+Zero\-based index of the symbol table entry within
+.IR data .
+
+.TP
+.I dst
+Pointer to a caller\-provided structure for storing the symbol table entry.
+.I dst
+must not be NULL.
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success, this function returns
+.IR dst .
+On failure, it returns NULL and sets elf_errno. If
+.I data
+is NULL, then NULL is returned without setting elf_errno.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR gelf_getdyn (3),
+.BR gelf_update_sym (3),
+.BR libelf (3),
+.BR elf (5)
+
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR gelf_getsym ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
+Report bugs to <[email protected]> or
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.
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