PSYMBOL_ITER(3PROC) Process Control Library Functions PSYMBOL_ITER(3PROC)

Psymbol_iter, Psymbol_iter_by_addr, Psymbol_iter_by_lmid, Psymbol_iter_by_name, Pxsymbol_iter — iterate symbols in a process

Process Control Library (libproc, -lproc)

#include <libproc.h>

int
Psymbol_iter(struct ps_prochandle *P, const char *object_name, int which, int mask, proc_sym_f *func, void *data);

int
Psymbol_iter_by_addr(struct ps_prochandle *P, const char *object_name, int which, int mask, proc_sym_f *func, void *data);

int
Psymbol_iter_by_lmid(struct ps_prochandle *P, Lmid_t lmid, const char *object_name, int which, int mask, proc_sym_f *func, void *data);

int
Psymbol_iter_by_name(struct ps_prochandle *P, const char *object_name, int which, int mask, proc_sym_f *func, void *data);

int
Pxsymbol_iter(struct ps_prochandle *P, Lmid_t lmid, const char *object_name, int which, int mask, proc_xsym_f *func, void *data);

The (), (), Psymbol_iter_by_lmid(), Psymbol_iter_by_name(), and Pxsymbol_iter() functions are used to iterate over the symbols present in the process referred to by the handle P. For each symbol found, the callback function func will be called once and the argument data will be passed to it along with an ELF symbol entry in the form of the along with the name of the symbol, if known. In the case of the Pxsymbol_iter() function an additional prsyminfo_t argument will be provided to the callback. The definitions of , , and prsyminfo_t are found in libproc(3LIB).

The object_name argument names the object that is a part of the controlled process which will be searched for symbols. Only one object may be searched at any given time. Valid object names may be obtained through the Pobjname(3PROC) and Pobject_iter(3PROC) functions, among others. The system also has two special object names that may be passed in to refer to the objects of the executable file and for ld.so.1. The symbol PR_OBJ_EXEC refers to the executables object and the symbol PR_OBJ_LDSO refers to the object ld.so.1.

The which argument controls which of two possible symbol tables will be searched. If the argument is PR_SYMTAB then the ELF symbol table will be searched. Otherwise, if it is PR_DYNSYM then the symbol table associated with the dynamic section will be searched instead. If any other value is specified for which, then an error will be returned.

The mask argument controls which symbols will be included. The mask argument allows for control over both the symbol's binding and the symbol's type. These flags logically correspond to the various ELF symbol bindings and types. The following values may be passed as a bitwise-inclusive-OR into the flags argument:

The symbol is a local symbol. Local symbols are not visible outside of their object file.
The symbol is a global symbol. Global symbols are visible outside of their object file and may be referred to by other ELF objects.
The symbol is a weak symbol. Weak symbols are visible outside of their object file, but another definition of the symbol may be used instead.
This is a combination of BIND_LOCAL, BIND_GLOBAL, and BIND_WEAK. Every symbol's binding will match this value.
The symbol's type is not specified.
The symbol refers to a data object. For example, variables.
The symbol refers to a function.
The symbol refers to an ELF section.
The symbol refers to the name of a source file associated with an object file.
This is a combination of TYPE_NOTYPE, TYPE_OBJECT, TYPE_FUNC, TYPE_SECTION, and TYPE_FILE. Every symbol's type will match this value.

To obtain all of the symbols in an object, the caller would pass the expression BIND_ANY | TYPE_ANY in as the value of mask.

The () and () functions allow for a link-map identifier to be specified in the lmid argument. This will restrict the search for the object specified in object_name to the specified link-map. There are three special link-map identifiers that may be passed in. The symbol PR_LMID_EVERY indicates that every link-map should be searched. The symbol LM_ID_BASE indicates that the base link-map, the one that is used for the executable should be searched. Finally, the symbol LM_ID_LDSO refers to the link-map that is used by the run-time link editor, ld.so.1. The functions which do not allow a link-map identifier to be specified always search every link-map.

By default, symbols are iterated based on the order of the symbol table being searched. However, it is also possible to iterate based on the name of the symbol and based on the address of the symbol. To iterate by name use the () function. To iterate by address use the () function. The Psymbol_iter(), Psymbol_iter_by_lmid(), and Pxsymbol_iter() functions all sort based on the order of the symbol table.

The return value of the callback function func determines whether or not iteration continues. If func returns then iteration will continue. However, if func returns non-zero, then iteration will halt and that value will be used as the return value of the (), (), Psymbol_iter_by_lmid(), Psymbol_iter_by_name(), and Pxsymbol_iter() functions. Because these functions return -1 on internal failure, it is recommended that the callback function not return -1 to indicate an error so that the caller may distinguish between the failure of the callback function and the failure of these functions.

Upon successful completion, the Psymbol_iter(), Psymbol_iter_by_addr(), Psymbol_iter_by_lmid(), Psymbol_iter_by_name(), and Pxsymbol_iter() functions return . If there was an internal error then -1 is returned. Otherwise, if the callback function func returns non-zero, then its return value will be returned instead.

See in libproc(3LIB).

elf(3ELF), gelf(3ELF), libproc(3LIB), proc(5)

May 11, 2016 OmniOS