Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <ame...@redhat.com>
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doc/Makefile.am | 1 +
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diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 374e5d49..7d5a3eef 100644
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@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ notrans_dist_man3_MANS= elf32_checksum.3 \
elf_newscn.3 \
elf_nextscn.3 \
elf_rand.3 \
+ elf_rawdata.3 \
elf_update.3 \
elf_version.3 \
libelf.3
diff --git a/doc/elf_rawdata.3 b/doc/elf_rawdata.3
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+.TH ELF_RAWDATA 3 2025-06-30 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+elf_rawdata - Retrieve unprocessed section data from an ELF descriptor.
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+#include <libelf.h>
+
+.BI "Elf_Data *elf_rawdata(Elf_Scn *" scn ", Elf_Data *" data ");"
+.fi
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR elf_rawdata ()
+function returns a pointer to an
+.B Elf_Data
+structure containing the unprocessed (raw) contents of the section identified
by
+.IR scn .
+This raw view reflects the exact binary layout in the ELF file, without any
+conversion or translation.
+
+If
+.I data
+is
+.B NULL ,
+the raw data of the section is returned.
+If
+.I data
+is not
+.B NULL ,
+and raw data has not been initialized, the call fails.
+
+For compressed sections (i.e., with the
+.B SHF_COMPRESSED
+flag), the returned
+.B Elf_Data
+contains the compressed form, and its
+.B d_type
+is
+.BR ELF_T_CHDR .
+
+For sections of type
+.B SHT_NOBITS ,
+the
+.B d_buf
+pointer is
+.B NULL .
+
+The data buffer may come directly from the memory-mapped file or may be
+allocated and populated on first access.
+
+.SH PARAMETERS
+.TP
+.I scn
+A section descriptor returned from
+.BR elf_getscn (3)
+or
+.BR elf_nextscn (3) .
+Must not be
+.B NULL .
+
+.TP
+.I data
+Must be
+.B NULL
+on initial invocation. Any other use is not supported.
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Returns a pointer to an
+.B Elf_Data
+descriptor describing the raw contents of the section. On failure,
+.B NULL
+is returned.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR elf_getdata (3),
+.BR elf_getscn (3),
+.BR elf_compress (3),
+.BR libelf (3),
+.BR elf (5)
+
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR elf_rawdata ()
+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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