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elf_header_t Struct Reference

The ELF header at the start of every ELF file. More...

#include <elf.h>

Data Fields

struct {
   uint8_t   EI_MAG0
 ELF magic (0x7F)
 
   uint8_t   EI_MAG1
 ELF magic ('E')
 
   uint8_t   EI_MAG2
 ELF magic ('L')
 
   uint8_t   EI_MAG3
 ELF magic ('F')
 
   uint8_t   EI_CLASS
 32 or 64 bit
 
   uint8_t   EI_DATA
 little or big endian
 
   uint8_t   EI_VERSION
 ELF version.
 
   uint8_t   EI_OSABI
 which ABI to use
 
   uint32_t   __pad0__: 32
 unused
 
e_ident
 ELF identification data.
 
uint16_t e_type
 object type (relocatable or executable)
 
uint16_t e_machine
 targeted ISA (=Instruction Set Architecture)
 
uint32_t e_version
 ELF version.
 
void * e_entry
 entry point
 
uint32_t e_phoff
 program header table (important for executables)
 
uint32_t e_shoff
 section header table (important for relocatables)
 
uint32_t e_flags
 architecture specific flags
 
uint16_t e_ehsize
 header size (52 for 32-bit)
 
uint16_t e_phentsize
 size of a single program header entry
 
uint16_t e_phnum
 number of program header entries
 
uint16_t e_shentsize
 size of a single section header entry
 
uint16_t e_shnum
 number of section header entries
 
uint16_t e_shstrndx
 index of the section that contains section strings
 

Detailed Description

The ELF header at the start of every ELF file.

Here: 32 bit and little endian.

Definition at line 15 of file elf.h.


The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file: