NAME
elf_end —
release an ELF descriptor
LIBRARY
library “libelf”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<libelf.h>
int
elf_end(Elf
*elf);
DESCRIPTION
Function
elf_end()
is used to release the resources associated with an ELF descriptor pointed
to by argument elf. This descriptor must have been
allocated by a previous call to elf_begin(3) or elf_memory(3). For programming convenience, a NULL value is permitted
for argument elf.
A call to
elf_end()
decrements the activation count for descriptor elf by
one. The resources associated with the descriptor are only released with its
activation count goes to zero.
Once function
elf_end()
returns zero, the ELF descriptor elf will no longer be
valid and should not be used further.
RETURN VALUES
Function elf_end() returns the current
value of the ELF descriptor elf's activation count, or
zero if argument elf was NULL.