NAME
elf_hash —
compute a hash value for a
string
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h>
unsigned long
elf_hash(
const
char *name);
DESCRIPTION
Function
elf_hash() computes a portable hash value for the
null terminated string pointed to by argument
name.
The hash value returned is will be identical across machines of different
architectures. This allows hash tables to be built on one machine and
correctly used on another of a different architecture. The hash value returned
is also guaranteed
not to be the bit pattern of all ones
(~0UL).
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The library internally uses unsigned 32 bit arithmetic to compute the hash
value.
SEE ALSO
elf(3),
gelf(3)