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.\"   $NetBSD: dl_iterate_phdr.3,v 1.2 2010/10/16 12:05:48 wiz Exp $
.\"   $OpenBSD: dl_iterate_phdr.3,v 1.3 2007/05/31 19:19:48 jmc Exp $
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.Dd October 16, 2010
.Dt DL_ITERATE_PHDR 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dl_iterate_phdr
.Nd iterate over program headers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In link.h
.Ft int
.Fn dl_iterate_phdr "int (*callback)(struct dl_phdr_info *, size_t, void*)" "void *data"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn dl_iterate_phdr
function iterates over all shared objects loaded into a process's
address space, calling
.Fa callback
for each shared object, passing it information about the object's
program headers and the
.Fa data
argument.
The information about the program headers is passed in a structure
that is defined as:
.Bd -literal
struct dl_phdr_info {
	Elf_Addr	dlpi_addr;
	const char	*dlpi_name;
	const Elf_Phdr	*dlpi_phdr;
	Elf_Half	dlpi_phnum;
        unsigned long long int dlpi_adds;
        unsigned long long int dlpi_subs;
        size_t dlpi_tls_modid;
        void *dlpi_tls_data;
};
.Ed
.Pp
The members of
.Li struct dl_phdr_info
have the following meaning:
.Bl -tag -width XXXdlpi_phdr
.It Fa dlpi_addr
The base address at which the shared object is mapped into the address
space of the calling process.
.It Fa dlpi_name
The name of the shared object.
.It Fa dlpi_phdr
A pointer to the shared object's program headers.
.It Fa dlpi_phnum
The number of program headers in the shared object.
.It Fa dlpi_adds
The number of objects added into the main program.
.It Fa dlpi_subs
The number of objects removed from the main program.
.El
.Pp
To make it possible for programs to check whether any new members have
been added, the size of the structure is passed as an argument to
.Fa callback .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ld 1 ,
.Xr ld.elf_so 1 ,
.Xr dlfcn 3 ,
.Xr elf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
function first appeared in
.Nx 6.0 .