1 /* Run-time dynamic linker data structures for loaded ELF shared objects.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
26 /* Rendezvous structure used by the run-time dynamic linker to communicate
27 details of shared object loading to the debugger. If the executable's
28 dynamic section has a DT_DEBUG element, the run-time linker sets that
29 element's value to the address where this structure can be found. */
33 int r_version; /* Version number for this protocol. */
35 struct link_map *r_map; /* Head of the chain of loaded objects. */
37 /* This is the address of a function internal to the run-time linker,
38 that will always be called when the linker begins to map in a
39 library or unmap it, and again when the mapping change is complete.
40 The debugger can set a breakpoint at this address if it wants to
41 notice shared object mapping changes. */
45 /* This state value describes the mapping change taking place when
46 the `r_brk' address is called. */
47 RT_CONSISTENT, /* Mapping change is complete. */
48 RT_ADD, /* Beginning to add a new object. */
49 RT_DELETE, /* Beginning to remove an object mapping. */
52 Elf32_Addr r_ldbase; /* Base address the linker is loaded at. */
55 /* This symbol refers to the "dynamic structure" in the `.dynamic' section
56 of whatever module refers to `_DYNAMIC'. So, to find its own
57 `struct r_debug', a program could do:
58 for (dyn = _DYNAMIC; dyn->d_tag != DT_NULL)
59 if (dyn->d_tag == DT_DEBUG) r_debug = (struct r_debug) dyn->d_un.d_ptr;
62 extern Elf32_Dyn _DYNAMIC[];
65 /* Structure describing a loaded shared object. The `l_next' and `l_prev'
66 members form a chain of all the shared objects loaded at startup.
68 These data structures exist in space used by the run-time dynamic linker;
69 modifying them may have disastrous results. */
73 /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
74 This is the same format used in SVR4. */
76 Elf32_Addr l_addr; /* Base address shared object is loaded at. */
77 char *l_name; /* Absolute file name object was found in. */
78 Elf32_Dyn *l_ld; /* Dynamic section of the shared object. */
79 struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects. */
81 /* All following members are internal to the dynamic linker.
82 They may change without notice. */
84 const char *l_libname; /* Name requested (before search). */
85 /* Indexed pointers to dynamic section.
86 [0,DT_NUM) are indexed by the processor-independent tags.
87 [DT_NUM,DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM] are indexed by the tag minus DT_LOPROC. */
88 Elf32_Dyn *l_info[DT_NUM + DT_PROCNUM];
89 const Elf32_Phdr *l_phdr; /* Pointer to program header table in core. */
90 Elf32_Word l_phnum; /* Number of program header entries. */
91 Elf32_Addr l_entry; /* Entry point location. */
93 /* Array of DT_NEEDED dependencies and their dependencies, in
94 dependency order for symbol lookup. This is null before the
95 dependencies have been loaded. */
96 struct link_map **l_searchlist;
97 unsigned int l_nsearchlist;
99 /* Symbol hash table. */
100 Elf32_Word l_nbuckets;
101 const Elf32_Word *l_buckets, *l_chain;
103 unsigned int l_opencount; /* Reference count for dlopen/dlclose. */
104 enum /* Where this object came from. */
106 lt_executable, /* The main executable program. */
107 lt_interpreter, /* The interpreter: the dynamic linker. */
108 lt_library, /* Library needed by main executable. */
109 lt_loaded, /* Extra run-time loaded shared object. */
111 unsigned int l_relocated:1; /* Nonzero if object's relocations done. */
112 unsigned int l_init_called:1; /* Nonzero if DT_INIT function called. */
113 unsigned int l_init_running:1; /* Nonzero while DT_INIT function runs. */
116 /* Internal functions of the run-time dynamic linker.
117 These can be accessed if you link again the dynamic linker
118 as a shared library, as in `-lld' or `/lib/ld.so' explicitly;
119 but are not normally of interest to user programs.
121 The `-ldl' library functions in <dlfcn.h> provide a simple
122 user interface to run-time dynamic linking. */
125 /* File descriptor referring to the zero-fill device. */
126 extern int _dl_zerofd;
128 /* OS-dependent function to open the zero-fill device. */
129 extern int _dl_sysdep_open_zero_fill (void); /* dl-sysdep.c */
131 /* OS-dependent function to write a message on the standard output.
132 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
133 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
134 extern void _dl_sysdep_message (const char *string, ...);
136 /* OS-dependent function to give a fatal error message and exit
137 when the dynamic linker fails before the program is fully linked.
138 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
139 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
140 extern void _dl_sysdep_fatal (const char *string, ...)
141 __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
143 /* Nonzero if the program should be "secure" (i.e. it's setuid or somesuch).
144 This tells the dynamic linker to ignore environment variables. */
145 extern int _dl_secure;
147 /* This function is called by all the internal dynamic linker functions
148 when they encounter an error. ERRCODE is either an `errno' code or
149 zero; OBJECT is the name of the problematical shared object, or null if
150 it is a general problem; ERRSTRING is a string describing the specific
153 extern void _dl_signal_error (int errcode,
155 const char *errstring)
156 __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
158 /* Call OPERATE, catching errors from `dl_signal_error'. If there is no
159 error, *ERRSTRING is set to null. If there is an error, *ERRSTRING and
160 *OBJECT are set to the strings passed to _dl_signal_error, and the error
161 code passed is the return value. */
162 extern int _dl_catch_error (const char **errstring,
164 void (*operate) (void));
167 /* Helper function for <dlfcn.h> functions. Runs the OPERATE function via
168 _dl_catch_error. Returns zero for success, nonzero for failure; and
169 arranges for `dlerror' to return the error details. */
170 extern int _dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void));
173 /* Open the shared object NAME and map in its segments.
174 LOADER's DT_RPATH is used in searching for NAME.
175 If the object is already opened, returns its existing map. */
176 extern struct link_map *_dl_map_object (struct link_map *loader,
179 /* Similar, but file found at REALNAME and opened on FD.
180 REALNAME must malloc'd storage and is used in internal data structures. */
181 extern struct link_map *_dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name,
182 int fd, char *realname);
184 /* Call _dl_map_object on the dependencies of MAP, and
185 set up MAP->l_searchlist. */
186 extern void _dl_map_object_deps (struct link_map *map);
188 /* Cache the locations of MAP's hash table. */
189 extern void _dl_setup_hash (struct link_map *map);
192 /* Open the shared object NAME, relocate it, and run its initializer if it
193 hasn't already been run. LOADER's DT_RPATH is used in searching for
194 NAME. MODE is as for `dlopen' (see <dlfcn.h>). If the object is
195 already opened, returns its existing map. */
196 extern struct link_map *_dl_open (struct link_map *loader,
197 const char *name, int mode);
201 /* Search loaded objects' symbol tables for a definition of the symbol
202 referred to by UNDEF. *SYM is the symbol table entry containing the
203 reference; it is replaced with the defining symbol, and the base load
204 address of the defining object is returned. Each of SYMBOL_SCOPE[0] and
205 SYMBOL_SCOPE[1] that is not null and their dependencies are searched to
206 resolve the name. REFERENCE_NAME should name the object containing the
207 reference; it is used in error messages. RELOC_ADDR is the address
208 being fixed up and the chosen symbol cannot be one with this value. If
209 NOPLT is nonzero, then the reference must not be resolved to a PLT
211 extern Elf32_Addr _dl_lookup_symbol (const char *undef,
212 const Elf32_Sym **sym,
213 struct link_map *symbol_scope[2],
214 const char *reference_name,
215 Elf32_Addr reloc_addr,
219 /* List of objects currently loaded. */
220 extern struct link_map *_dl_loaded;
222 /* Tail of that list which were loaded at startup. */
223 extern struct link_map *_dl_startup_loaded;
225 /* Allocate a `struct link_map' for a new object being loaded,
226 and enter it into the _dl_loaded list. */
227 extern struct link_map *_dl_new_object (char *realname, const char *libname,
230 /* Relocate the given object (if it hasn't already been).
231 If LAZY is nonzero, don't relocate its PLT. */
232 extern void _dl_relocate_object (struct link_map *map, int lazy);
234 /* Return the address of the next initializer function not yet run.
235 When there are no more initializers to be run, this returns zero.
236 The functions are returned in the order they should be called. */
237 extern Elf32_Addr _dl_init_next (void);
239 /* Call the finalizer functions of all shared objects whose
240 initializer functions have completed. */
241 extern void _dl_fini (void);
243 /* The dynamic linker calls this function before and having changing
244 any shared object mappings. The `r_state' member of `struct r_debug'
245 says what change is taking place. This function's address is
246 the value of the `r_brk' member. */
247 extern void _dl_r_debug_state (void);