GELF_OFFSCN(3) Libelf Programmer's Manual GELF_OFFSCN(3) NAME gelf_offscn - return descriptor for an ELF section at a given file offset SYNOPSIS #include Elf_Scn *gelf_offscn(Elf *elf, GElf_Off offset); DESCRIPTION gelf_offscn() retrieves the section descriptor for the non-empty section with sh_offset equal to offset. This function will not return descriptors for SHT_NOBITS sections since they are empty by definition. PARAMETERS elf Pointer to an ELF descriptor with kind ELF_K_ELF. offset The file offset (in bytes) of the section to be retrieved. RETURN VALUE On success, gelf_offscn() returns a pointer to the Elf_Scn of the non- empty section with a sh_offset matching offset. On failure, NULL is returned and elf_errno is set to indicate the error. If elf is NULL, then NULL is returned without setting elf_errno. SEE ALSO elf32_offscn(3), elf64_offscn(3), libelf(3), elf(5) ATTRIBUTES +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |gelf_offscn () | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/. HISTORY gelf_offscn first appeared in elfutils 0.112. This elfutils libelf function may not be found in other libelf implementations. Libelf 2025-09-22 GELF_OFFSCN(3)