elf_fill(3ELF)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Attributes | See Also | Notes

Name

elf_fill– set fill byte

Synopsis

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lelf [ library ... ]
#include <libelf.h>

void elf_fill(int fill);

Description

Alignment constraints for ELF files sometimes require the presence of ``holes.'' For example, if the data for one section are required to begin on an eight-byte boundary, but the preceding section is too ``short,'' the library must fill the intervening bytes. These bytes are set to the fill character. The library uses zero bytes unless the application supplies a value. See elf_getdata(3ELF) for more information about these holes.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Stable
MT-Level	MT-Safe

See Also

elf(3ELF), elf_flagdata(3ELF), elf_getdata(3ELF), elf_update(3ELF), libelf(3LIB), attributes(5)

Notes

An application can assume control of the object file organization by setting the ELF_F_LAYOUT bit (see elf_flagdata(3ELF)). When this is done, the library does not fill holes.

SunOS 5.10  Last Revised 11 Jul 2001

Name | Synopsis | Description | Attributes | See Also | Notes