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NAME
xlateinitfd: xlateinitelf - open translation section
SYNOPSIS
#include <elf.h>
#include <libelf.h>
#include <dwarf.h>
#include <libdwarf.h>
#include <cmplrs/xlate.h>
#include <libXlate.h>
int xlateinitfd(int fd,
int opendebugtable,
xlatetablecon *returnedtablepointer);
int xlateinitelf(Elf *elfhandle,
int opendebugtable,
xlatetablecon *returnedtablepointer);
int xlatenamedinitfd(int fd,
const char * xlatesectionname,
xlatetablecon *returnedtablepointer);
int xlatenamedinitelf(Elf *elfhandle,
const char * xlatesectionname,
xlatetablecon *returnedtablepointer);
DESCRIPTION
These are used to get (open) a handle on an Elf section containing
translation information. The handle allows one to call any of the
consumer functions. it is unspecified which
xlateinitfd takes as arguments:
fd is an IRIX file-descriptor which must be open(2) for reading on
an Elf object file.
open_debug_table
indicates which translation section to open. If
XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE (0), then the first section with sh_type
SHT_MIPS_XLATE is opened. If XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE (1), then the
first section with sh_type SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG is opened.
XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE is the table normally opened by debuggers
and other applictions needing to do address translations. Only
sections with Elf section type SHT_MIPS_XLATE,
SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG, or SHT_MIPS_XLATE_OLD can be opened.
returned_table_pointer
is a pointer to a consumer table handle. If the call to
xlate_init_fd is successful, the handle pointed to is set a valid
consumer library handle.
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xlateinitelf takes as arguments:
elf_handle
which must be a valid open pointer on an existing Elf object as
returned by elf_begin(3e) and it must allow read access.
open_debug_table
indicates which translation section to open. If
XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE (0), then the first section with sh_type
SHT_MIPS_XLATE is opened. If XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE (1), then the
first section with sh_type SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG is opened.
XLATE_OPEN_STD_TABLE is the table normally opened by debuggers
and other applictions needing to do address translations. Only
sections with Elf section type SHT_MIPS_XLATE,
SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG, or SHT_MIPS_XLATE_OLD can be opened.
returned_table_pointer
is a pointer to a consumer table handle. If the call to
xlate_init_fd is successful, the handle pointed to is set to a
valid consumer library handle.
xlatenamedinitfd takes as arguments:
fd is an IRIX file-descriptor which must be open(2) for reading on
an Elf object file.
xlate_section_name
indicates which translation section to open. The normal string
passed in is ".MIPS.Xlate" which is the name of the net
(composed) address translation table used by debuggers and other
applictions needing to do address translations. Any Elf section
with sh_type SHT_MIPS_XLATE, SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG, or
SHT_MIPS_XLATE_OLD may be opened.
returned_table_pointer
is a pointer to a consumer table handle. If the call to
xlate_init_fd is successful, the handle pointed to is set a valid
consumer library handle.
xlatenamedinitelf takes as arguments:
elf_handle
which must be a valid open pointer on an existing Elf object as
returned by elf_begin(3e) and it must allow read access.
xlate_section_name
indicates which translation section to open. The normal string
passed in is ".MIPS.Xlate" which is the name of the net
(composed) address translation table used by debuggers and other
applictions needing to do address translations. Any Elf section
with sh_type SHT_MIPS_XLATE, SHT_MIPS_XLATE_DEBUG, or
SHT_MIPS_XLATE_OLD may be opened.
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returned_table_pointer
is a pointer to a consumer table handle. If the call to
xlate_init_fd is successful, the handle pointed to is set to a
valid consumer library handle.
Use -lelfutil -lelf on the link command line to link in the xlate
functions.
You must install the compiler_eoe.hdr.internal subsystem to get the
headers necessary to work with the xlate functions and leb128 functions
they call.
FILES
/usr/include/libXlate.h
/usr/include/cmplrs/xlate.h
/usr/include/elf.h
/usr/include/dwarf.h
/usr/include/libdwarf.h
/usr/lib/libelfutil.a
DIAGNOSTICS
These return XLATE_TB_STATUS_NO_ERROR (0) on success. In case of error,
a negative number is returned indicating the error. In case of error,
nothing is returned thru the pointer arguments which would return values
on successful call (values might have been changed thru these pointers
but any such changes are not meaningful).
If the requested section does not exist, XLATE_TB_STATUS_NO_XLATE is
returned. This is not really an error, just an indication that there is
no such section and there is no value returned thru
returned_table_pointer.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_SECTION_TOO_SMALL
means that the translation section is too small to be real or
that there is less space in the section than the translation
section data says it contains.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_INCONSISTENT_64_BIT_INFO
means that the translation section is marked as a 64bit section
but the a.out or DSO is marked as 32 bit (or vice versa).
XLATE_TB_STATUS_BAD_TABLEKIND
The tablekind in the translation section is not one of the
predefined values: something is corrupted or an obsolete
tablekind thought not to exist does exist.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_NOT_ELF
elf_kind(3e) on the file says the file is not a plain Elf file.
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XLATE_TB_STATUS_ELF_IDENT_BAD
elf_getident(3e) returns an invalid Elf ident value. The file is
apparently not a valid Elf file.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_ELF_SHDR_BAD
elf32_getshdr(3e), or elf64_getshdr(3e) could not find a section
in the Elf file that should be there. Some kind of corruption
(file or data) is occurring. The file is apparently not a valid
Elf file.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_NO_XLATE
Normal return when there is no translation section of the
requested type.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_NO_XLATE_DATA
There is a translation section but the section is empty!
Something is wrong with the Elf file.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_ALLOC_FAIL
A call to malloc() or realloc() failed.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_SECTION_TOO_BIG
The translation section is so large ( > 31 bits in the size) that
it cannot be handled by the 32-bit version of the library. This
is quite unlikely since translation sections should be much
smaller than the text they refer to and text sections do not get
that big (as of this writing). The application must be rebuilt
as a 64bit application and linked against a 64-bit version of
this library.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_EDHR_BAD
A call to elf32_getehdr(3) or elf64_getehdr(3) (whichever is
appropriate) failed. The object file is damaged or the library
has a bug.
XLATE_TB_STATUS_STRPTR_BAD
A call to elf_strptr(3) (whichever is appropriate) failed. No
section name strings could be found. The object file is
specially stripped or damaged or the library has a bug.
SEE ALSO
libelfutil(5), open(2), xlate(4), xlate_get_info(3e), xlate_address(3e),
xlate_get_reg_rule(3e), xlate_get_all_reg_rules(3e),
xlate_expand_reg_info(3e), xlate_finish(3e), xlate_pro_init(3e),
xlate_pro_finish(3e), xlate_address(3e)
NOTES
For any of these calls to succeed the section contents must also be a
valid translate section.
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In case there are multiple sections of an Elf object file meeting the
section name and section type criteria above then one of the sections is
opened.
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