Finding function name from address

itsme86 · 07-15-2004, 08:53 PM

I'm looking for a way to look up the name of a function using the address of the function to look it up. So if I have like 'void (*funcptr)() = somefunc;' is there a way to get "somefunc" by just using funcptr? Do I have to read the symbol table in the binary? If I do does anyone have any idea how to do that or any useful links?

Thanks!

shishir · 07-15-2004, 11:26 PM

i think you store the addresses and symbols in a structure...
but there isnt any direct way of getting the symbol, it would be a good idea to see how gdb does that ..cos i am sure that it goes thru the symbol table to generate that info...

shilpig · 07-16-2004, 01:26 AM

There is a bfd (binary format descriptor) library, using its API set this can be done easily.

itsme86 · 07-16-2004, 02:16 AM

Thanks, I got my hands on some documentation for the BFD library and got it to work.