Linker and Libraries Guide

Version Symbol Section

This section is defined by the type SHT_SUNW_versym, and consists of an array of elements having the following structure:


typedef Elf32_Half      Elf32_Versym;
typedef Elf64_Half      Elf64_Versym;

The number of elements of the array must equal the number of symbol table entries contained in the associated symbol table (determined by the sections sh_link value). Each element of the array contains a single index that can have the following values:

Table 7-31 Version Dependency Indexes

Name 

Value 

Meaning  

VER_NDX_LOCAL

0

Symbol has local scope  

VER_NDX_GLOBAL

1

Symbol has global scope (assigned to base version definition) 

 

>1

Symbol has global scope (assigned to user-defined version definition) 

Any index values greater than VER_NDX_GLOBAL must correspond to the vd_ndx value of an entry in the SHT_SUNW_verdef section. If no index values greater than VER_NDX_GLOBAL exist, then no SHT_SUNW_verdef section need be present.