libelf/gelf_getsym.c

/* Get symbol information from symbol table at the given index.
   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 1999.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, version 2.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

#include <assert.h>
#include <gelf.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "libelfP.h"


GElf_Sym *
gelf_getsym (data, ndx, dst)
     Elf_Data *data;
     int ndx;
     GElf_Sym *dst;
{
  Elf_Data_Scn *data_scn = (Elf_Data_Scn *) data;
  GElf_Sym *result = NULL;

  if (data == NULL)
    return NULL;

  if (unlikely (data->d_type != ELF_T_SYM))
    {
      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_HANDLE);
      return NULL;
    }

  rwlock_rdlock (data_scn->s->elf->lock);

  /* This is the one place where we have to take advantage of the fact
     that an `Elf_Data' pointer is also a pointer to `Elf_Data_Scn'.
     The interface is broken so that it requires this hack.  */
  if (data_scn->s->elf->class == ELFCLASS32)
    {
      Elf32_Sym *src;

      /* Here it gets a bit more complicated.  The format of the symbol
	 table entries has to be adopted.  The user better has provided
	 a buffer where we can store the information.  While copying the
	 data we are converting the format.  */
      if (unlikely ((ndx + 1) * sizeof (Elf32_Sym) > data->d_size))
	{
	  __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_INDEX);
	  goto out;
	}

      src = &((Elf32_Sym *) data->d_buf)[ndx];

      /* This might look like a simple copy operation but it's
	 not.  There are zero- and sign-extensions going on.  */
#define COPY(name) \
      dst->name = src->name
      COPY (st_name);
      /* Please note that we can simply copy the `st_info' element since
	 the definitions of ELFxx_ST_BIND and ELFxx_ST_TYPE are the same
	 for the 64 bit variant.  */
      COPY (st_info);
      COPY (st_other);
      COPY (st_shndx);
      COPY (st_value);
      COPY (st_size);
    }
  else
    {
      /* If this is a 64 bit object it's easy.  */
      assert (sizeof (GElf_Sym) == sizeof (Elf64_Sym));

      /* The data is already in the correct form.  Just make sure the
	 index is OK.  */
      if (unlikely ((ndx + 1) * sizeof (GElf_Sym) > data->d_size))
	{
	  __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_INDEX);
	  goto out;
	}

      *dst = ((GElf_Sym *) data->d_buf)[ndx];
    }

  result = dst;

 out:
  rwlock_unlock (data_scn->s->elf->lock);

  return result;
}
INTDEF(gelf_getsym)