Hi Aaron,
On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 09:50:35PM -0500, Aaron Merey wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <[email protected]>
> ---
> doc/Makefile.am | 1 +
> doc/gelf_update_syminfo.3 | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/gelf_update_syminfo.3
>
> diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
> index 2b2720d5..38357429 100644
> --- a/doc/Makefile.am
> +++ b/doc/Makefile.am
> @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ notrans_dist_man3_MANS= elf32_checksum.3 \
> gelf_update_rel.3 \
> gelf_update_rela.3 \
> gelf_update_sym.3 \
> + gelf_update_syminfo.3 \
> gelf_update_symshndx.3 \
> gelf_update_versym.3 \
> gelf_update_verdef.3 \
OK.
> diff --git a/doc/gelf_update_syminfo.3 b/doc/gelf_update_syminfo.3
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..adfb0f2b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/gelf_update_syminfo.3
> @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
> +.TH GELF_UPDATE_SYMINFO 3 2025-12-30 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"
> +
> +.SH NAME
> +gelf_update_syminfo \- Update additional symbol information in the symbol
> table at the given index
Same, haven't seen this used ever.
> +.SH SYNOPSIS
> +.nf
> +.B #include <gelf.h>
> +
> +.BI "int gelf_update_syminfo (Elf_Data *" data ", int " ndx ", GElf_Syminfo
> *" src ");"
OK.
> +.SH DESCRIPTION
> +Copy a class\-independent additional symbol information entry from
> +.I src
> +into the
> +.B SHT_SUNW_syminfo
> +section associated with
> +.I data
> +at entry index
> +.IR ndx .
Ack. Maybe say or data->type is ELF_T_SYMINFO?
Should probably mention this is a Sun/Solaris extension?
> +.SH PARAMETERS
> +.TP
> +.I data
> +Pointer to an
> +.B Elf_Data
> +associated with an ELF section with type
> +.BR SHT_SUNW_syminfo .
> +
> +.TP
> +.I ndx
> +Zero\-based index of the entry in
> +.I data
> +to be updated.
> +
> +.TP
> +.I src
> +Pointer to a caller\-provided additional symbol information entry. Must not
> +be NULL.
OK.
> +.SH RETURN VALUE
> +On success, this function returns a non-zero value and updates
> +.I data
> +with
> +.I src
> +at index
> +.IR ndx .
> +The section associated with
> +.I data
> +is flagged with
> +.BR ELF_F_DIRTY .
> +On failure, zero is returned and elf_errno is set. If
> +.I data
> +is NULL, then zero is returned without setting elf_errno.
OK.
> +.SH SEE ALSO
> +.BR gelf_getsyminfo (3),
> +.BR libelf (3),
> +.BR elf (5)
gelf_getsym?
> +.SH ATTRIBUTES
> +.TS
> +allbox;
> +lbx lb lb
> +l l l.
> +Interface Attribute Value
> +T{
> +.na
> +.nh
> +.BR gelf_update_syminfo ()
> +T} Thread safety MT-Safe
> +.TE
> +
> +.SH REPORTING BUGS
> +Report bugs to <[email protected]> or
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.
OK.
Thanks,
Mark
