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man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
Extended Library Functions - Part 1
Extended Library Functions - Part 2
dat_registry_add_provider(3DAT)
dat_registry_list_providers(3DAT)
dat_registry_remove_provider(3DAT)
dat_set_consumer_context(3DAT)
devid_deviceid_to_nmlist(3DEVID)
di_link_next_by_lnode(3DEVINFO)
di_link_next_by_node(3DEVINFO)
di_lnode_private_get(3DEVINFO)
di_lnode_private_set(3DEVINFO)
di_minor_private_get(3DEVINFO)
di_minor_private_set(3DEVINFO)
di_prom_prop_lookup_bytes(3DEVINFO)
di_prom_prop_lookup_ints(3DEVINFO)
di_prom_prop_lookup_strings(3DEVINFO)
di_prop_lookup_bytes(3DEVINFO)
di_prop_lookup_int64(3DEVINFO)
di_prop_lookup_strings(3DEVINFO)
DmiListComponentsByClass(3DMI)
ea_match_object_catalog(3EXACCT)
Extended Library Functions - Part 3
Extended Library Functions - Part 4
- compute hash value
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lelf [ library ... ] #include <libelf.h> unsigned long elf_hash(const char *name);
The elf_hash() function computes a hash value, given a null terminated string, name. The returned hash value, h, can be used as a bucket index, typically after computing h mod x to ensure appropriate bounds.
Hash tables may be built on one machine and used on another because elf_hash() uses unsigned arithmetic to avoid possible differences in various machines' signed arithmetic. Although name is shown as char* above, elf_hash() treats it as unsigned char* to avoid sign extension differences. Using char* eliminates type conflicts with expressions such as elf_hash(name).
ELF files' symbol hash tables are computed using this function (see elf_getdata(3ELF) and elf32_xlatetof(3ELF)). The hash value returned is guaranteed not to be the bit pattern of all ones ( ~0UL).
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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elf(3ELF), elf32_xlatetof(3ELF), elf_getdata(3ELF), libelf(3LIB), attributes(5)