Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <ame...@redhat.com>
---
v2: Mention use with SHT_HASH and clarify that only the lower 32 bits of
the return value are used.
doc/Makefile.am | 1 +
doc/elf_hash.3 | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/elf_hash.3
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 00cdc253..343b5460 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ notrans_dist_man3_MANS= elf32_checksum.3 \
elf_getbase.3 \
elf_getdata.3 \
elf_getscn.3 \
+ elf_hash.3 \
elf_ndxscn.3 \
elf_update.3 \
elf_version.3 \
diff --git a/doc/elf_hash.3 b/doc/elf_hash.3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e06d888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/elf_hash.3
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.TH ELF_HASH 3 2025-03-31 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+elf_hash \- Compute the standard ELF hash of a string.
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+#include <libelf.h>
+
+.BI "unsigned long int elf_hash(const char *" string ");"
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B elf_hash
+function computes the standard ELF hash value for a null-terminated
+string. The hash values are typically used in ELF object files for
+symbol table hashing. The hash function is used in SHT_HASH sections as
+it avoids generating architecture-dependent values and is suitable for use
+across architectures.
+
+.SH PARAMETERS
+.TP
+.I string
+NULL-terminated string to be hashed.
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+This function returns the standard ELF hash value for
+.IR string .
+Only the lower 32 bits of the return value are used.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR libelf (3),
+.BR elf (5)
+
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR elf_hash ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
+Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.
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