From b8331e4264c7b9fc52fd2c95cb0b2ae0d625083e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kai Wang Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 11:29:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the behavior of `elf_getdata()` and `elf_rawdata()` with zero-sized ELF sections. Obtained from: elftoolchain --- lib/libelf/elf_getdata.3 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getdata.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getdata.3 index 6a5ef39ed20..59e0ef6a05e 100644 --- a/lib/libelf/elf_getdata.3 +++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getdata.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008,2010 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008,2010-2011 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 30, 2010 +.Dd January 26, 2011 .Dt ELF_GETDATA 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ always returns .Vt Elf_Data structures of type .Dv ELF_T_BYTE . -.Ss Special handling of SHT_NOBITS sections +.Ss Special handling of zero-sized and SHT_NOBITS sections For sections of type -.Dv SHT_NOBITS , +.Dv SHT_NOBITS, +and for zero-sized sections, the functions .Fn elf_getdata and -- 2.45.2