Important:
The functions
elf_open()
and
elf_openmemory()
are extensions to the
elf(3)
API, for the internal use of the
Elftoolchain project.
Portable applications should not use these functions.
The function
elf_open()
returns an Elf descriptor opened with mode
ELF_C_READ
for the ELF object or
ar(1)
archive referenced by the file descriptor in argument
fd.
The function
elf_openmemory()
returns an ELF descriptor opened with mode
ELF_C_READ
for the ELF object or
ar(1)
archive contained in the memory area pointed to by the argument
image.
The argument
sz
specifies the size of the memory area in bytes.
These functions are non-standard extensions to the
elf(3)
API set.
The behavior of these functions differs from their counterparts
elf_begin(3)
and
elf_memory(3)
in that these functions will successfully open malformed ELF objects
and
ar(1)
archives, returning an Elf descriptor of type
ELF_K_NONE.
