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1 /* Run-time dynamic linker data structures for loaded ELF shared objects.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 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 not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 #ifndef _LINK_H
22 #define _LINK_H 1
23 #include <features.h>
25 #define __need_size_t
26 #define __need_NULL
27 #include <stddef.h>
29 #include <elf.h>
31 __BEGIN_DECLS
33 /* We use this macro to refer to ELF types independent of the native wordsize.
34 `ElfW(TYPE)' is used in place of `Elf32_TYPE' or `Elf64_TYPE'. */
35 #define ElfW(type) _ElfW (Elf, __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS, type)
36 #define ELFW(type) _ElfW (ELF, __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS, type)
37 #define _ElfW(e,w,t) _ElfW_1 (e, w, _##t)
38 #define _ElfW_1(e,w,t) e##w##t
39 #include <elfclass.h> /* Defines __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS. */
41 /* Rendezvous structure used by the run-time dynamic linker to communicate
42 details of shared object loading to the debugger. If the executable's
43 dynamic section has a DT_DEBUG element, the run-time linker sets that
44 element's value to the address where this structure can be found. */
46 struct r_debug
48 int r_version; /* Version number for this protocol. */
50 struct link_map *r_map; /* Head of the chain of loaded objects. */
52 /* This is the address of a function internal to the run-time linker,
53 that will always be called when the linker begins to map in a
54 library or unmap it, and again when the mapping change is complete.
55 The debugger can set a breakpoint at this address if it wants to
56 notice shared object mapping changes. */
57 ElfW(Addr) r_brk;
58 enum
60 /* This state value describes the mapping change taking place when
61 the `r_brk' address is called. */
62 RT_CONSISTENT, /* Mapping change is complete. */
63 RT_ADD, /* Beginning to add a new object. */
64 RT_DELETE, /* Beginning to remove an object mapping. */
65 } r_state;
67 ElfW(Addr) r_ldbase; /* Base address the linker is loaded at. */
70 /* This is the instance of that structure used by the dynamic linker. */
71 extern struct r_debug _r_debug;
73 /* This symbol refers to the "dynamic structure" in the `.dynamic' section
74 of whatever module refers to `_DYNAMIC'. So, to find its own
75 `struct r_debug', a program could do:
76 for (dyn = _DYNAMIC; dyn->d_tag != DT_NULL)
77 if (dyn->d_tag == DT_DEBUG) r_debug = (struct r_debug) dyn->d_un.d_ptr;
80 extern ElfW(Dyn) _DYNAMIC[];
82 /* For the version handling we need an array with only names and their
83 hash values. */
84 struct r_found_version
86 const char *name;
87 ElfW(Word) hash;
89 const char *filename;
92 /* Structure describing a loaded shared object. The `l_next' and `l_prev'
93 members form a chain of all the shared objects loaded at startup.
95 These data structures exist in space used by the run-time dynamic linker;
96 modifying them may have disastrous results. */
98 struct link_map
100 /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
101 This is the same format used in SVR4. */
103 ElfW(Addr) l_addr; /* Base address shared object is loaded at. */
104 char *l_name; /* Absolute file name object was found in. */
105 ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld; /* Dynamic section of the shared object. */
106 struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects. */
108 /* All following members are internal to the dynamic linker.
109 They may change without notice. */
111 struct libname_list
113 const char *name; /* Name requested (before search). */
114 struct libname_list *next; /* Link to next name for this object. */
115 } *l_libname;
116 /* Indexed pointers to dynamic section.
117 [0,DT_NUM) are indexed by the processor-independent tags.
118 [DT_NUM,DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM) are indexed by the tag minus DT_LOPROC.
119 [DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM,DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_EXTRANUM) are indexed
120 by DT_EXTRATAGIDX(tagvalue) and
121 [DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_VERSIONTAGNUM,
122 DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_VERSIONTAGNUM+DT_EXTRANUM)
123 are indexed by DT_EXTRATAGIDX(tagvalue) (see <elf.h>). */
125 ElfW(Dyn) *l_info[DT_NUM + DT_PROCNUM + DT_VERSIONTAGNUM + DT_EXTRANUM];
126 const ElfW(Phdr) *l_phdr; /* Pointer to program header table in core. */
127 ElfW(Addr) l_entry; /* Entry point location. */
128 ElfW(Half) l_phnum; /* Number of program header entries. */
130 /* Array of DT_NEEDED dependencies and their dependencies, in
131 dependency order for symbol lookup. This is null before the
132 dependencies have been loaded. */
133 struct link_map **l_searchlist;
134 unsigned int l_nsearchlist;
136 /* We keep another list in which we keep duplicates. This is
137 needed in _dl_lookup_symbol_skip to implemented RTLD_NEXT. */
138 struct link_map **l_dupsearchlist;
139 unsigned int l_ndupsearchlist;
141 /* Dependent object that first caused this object to be loaded. */
142 struct link_map *l_loader;
144 /* Symbol hash table. */
145 ElfW(Symndx) l_nbuckets;
146 const ElfW(Symndx) *l_buckets, *l_chain;
148 unsigned int l_opencount; /* Reference count for dlopen/dlclose. */
149 enum /* Where this object came from. */
151 lt_executable, /* The main executable program. */
152 lt_library, /* Library needed by main executable. */
153 lt_loaded, /* Extra run-time loaded shared object. */
154 } l_type:2;
155 unsigned int l_relocated:1; /* Nonzero if object's relocations done. */
156 unsigned int l_init_called:1; /* Nonzero if DT_INIT function called. */
157 unsigned int l_init_running:1; /* Nonzero while DT_INIT function runs. */
158 unsigned int l_global:1; /* Nonzero if object in _dl_global_scope. */
159 unsigned int l_reserved:2; /* Reserved for internal use. */
161 /* Array with version names. */
162 unsigned int l_nversions;
163 struct r_found_version *l_versions;
167 /* Test whether given NAME matches any of the names of the given object. */
168 static inline int
169 __attribute__ ((unused))
170 _dl_name_match_p (const char *__name, struct link_map *__map)
172 int __found = strcmp (__name, __map->l_name) == 0;
173 struct libname_list *__runp = __map->l_libname;
175 while (! __found && __runp != NULL)
176 if (strcmp (__name, __runp->name) == 0)
177 __found = 1;
178 else
179 __runp = __runp->next;
181 return __found;
184 /* Function used as argument for `_dl_receive_error' function. The
185 arguments are the error code, error string, and the objname the
186 error occurred in. */
187 typedef void (*receiver_fct) (int, const char *, const char *);
189 /* Internal functions of the run-time dynamic linker.
190 These can be accessed if you link again the dynamic linker
191 as a shared library, as in `-lld' or `/lib/ld.so' explicitly;
192 but are not normally of interest to user programs.
194 The `-ldl' library functions in <dlfcn.h> provide a simple
195 user interface to run-time dynamic linking. */
198 /* Cached value of `getpagesize ()'. */
199 extern size_t _dl_pagesize;
201 /* File descriptor referring to the zero-fill device. */
202 extern int _dl_zerofd;
204 /* OS-dependent function to open the zero-fill device. */
205 extern int _dl_sysdep_open_zero_fill (void); /* dl-sysdep.c */
207 /* OS-dependent function to write a message on the standard output.
208 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
209 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
210 extern void _dl_sysdep_message (const char *string, ...);
212 /* OS-dependent function to write a message on the standard error.
213 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
214 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
215 extern void _dl_sysdep_error (const char *string, ...);
217 /* OS-dependent function to give a fatal error message and exit
218 when the dynamic linker fails before the program is fully linked.
219 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
220 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
221 extern void _dl_sysdep_fatal (const char *string, ...)
222 __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
224 /* Nonzero if the program should be "secure" (i.e. it's setuid or somesuch).
225 This tells the dynamic linker to ignore environment variables. */
226 extern int _dl_secure;
228 /* This function is called by all the internal dynamic linker functions
229 when they encounter an error. ERRCODE is either an `errno' code or
230 zero; OBJECT is the name of the problematical shared object, or null if
231 it is a general problem; ERRSTRING is a string describing the specific
232 problem. */
233 extern void _dl_signal_error (int errcode,
234 const char *object,
235 const char *errstring);
237 /* Call OPERATE, catching errors from `dl_signal_error'. If there is no
238 error, *ERRSTRING is set to null. If there is an error, *ERRSTRING and
239 *OBJECT are set to the strings passed to _dl_signal_error, and the error
240 code passed is the return value. ERRSTRING if nonzero points to a
241 malloc'ed string which the caller has to free after use.
242 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
243 extern int _dl_catch_error (char **errstring,
244 const char **object,
245 void (*operate) (void *),
246 void *args);
248 /* Call OPERATE, receiving errors from `dl_signal_error'. Unlike
249 `_dl_catch_error' the operation is resumed after the OPERATE
250 function returns.
251 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
252 extern void _dl_receive_error (receiver_fct fct, void (*operate) (void *),
253 void *args);
256 /* Helper function for <dlfcn.h> functions. Runs the OPERATE function via
257 _dl_catch_error. Returns zero for success, nonzero for failure; and
258 arranges for `dlerror' to return the error details.
259 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
260 extern int _dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void *), void *args);
263 /* Open the shared object NAME and map in its segments.
264 LOADER's DT_RPATH is used in searching for NAME.
265 If the object is already opened, returns its existing map. */
266 extern struct link_map *_dl_map_object (struct link_map *loader,
267 const char *name, int type,
268 int trace_mode);
270 /* Call _dl_map_object on the dependencies of MAP, and set up
271 MAP->l_searchlist. PRELOADS points to a vector of NPRELOADS previously
272 loaded objects that will be inserted into MAP->l_searchlist after MAP
273 but before its dependencies. */
274 extern void _dl_map_object_deps (struct link_map *map,
275 struct link_map **preloads,
276 unsigned int npreloads, int trace_mode);
278 /* Cache the locations of MAP's hash table. */
279 extern void _dl_setup_hash (struct link_map *map);
282 /* Open the shared object NAME, relocate it, and run its initializer if it
283 hasn't already been run. MODE is as for `dlopen' (see <dlfcn.h>). If
284 the object is already opened, returns its existing map. */
285 extern struct link_map *_dl_open (const char *name, int mode);
287 /* Close an object previously opened by _dl_open. */
288 extern void _dl_close (struct link_map *map);
291 /* Search loaded objects' symbol tables for a definition of the symbol
292 referred to by UNDEF. *SYM is the symbol table entry containing the
293 reference; it is replaced with the defining symbol, and the base load
294 address of the defining object is returned. SYMBOL_SCOPE is a
295 null-terminated list of object scopes to search; each object's
296 l_searchlist (i.e. the segment of the dependency tree starting at that
297 object) is searched in turn. REFERENCE_NAME should name the object
298 containing the reference; it is used in error messages.
299 RELOC_TYPE is a machine-dependent reloc type, which is passed to
300 the `elf_machine_lookup_*_p' macros in dl-machine.h to affect which
301 symbols can be chosen. */
302 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_symbol (const char *undef,
303 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
304 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
305 const char *reference_name,
306 int reloc_type);
308 /* Lookup versioned symbol. */
309 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_versioned_symbol (const char *undef,
310 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
311 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
312 const char *reference_name,
313 const struct r_found_version *version,
314 int reloc_type);
316 /* For handling RTLD_NEXT we must be able to skip shared objects. */
317 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_symbol_skip (const char *undef,
318 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
319 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
320 const char *reference_name,
321 struct link_map *skip_this);
323 /* For handling RTLD_NEXT with versioned symbols we must be able to
324 skip shared objects. */
325 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_versioned_symbol_skip (const char *undef,
326 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
327 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
328 const char *reference_name,
329 const struct r_found_version *version,
330 struct link_map *skip_this);
332 /* Look up symbol NAME in MAP's scope and return its run-time address. */
333 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_symbol_value (struct link_map *map, const char *name);
336 /* Structure describing the dynamic linker itself. */
337 extern struct link_map _dl_rtld_map;
339 /* The list of objects currently loaded is the third element of the
340 `_dl_default_scope' array, and the fourth element is always null.
341 This leaves two slots before it that are used when resolving
342 DT_SYMBOLIC objects' references one after it for normal references
343 (see below). */
344 #define _dl_loaded (_dl_default_scope[2])
345 extern struct link_map *_dl_default_scope[5];
347 /* Null-terminated list of objects in the dynamic `global scope'. The
348 list starts at [2]; i.e. &_dl_global_scope[2] is the argument
349 passed to _dl_lookup_symbol to search the global scope. To search
350 a specific object and its dependencies in preference to the global
351 scope, fill in the [1] slot and pass its address; for two specific
352 object scopes, fill [0] and [1]. The list is double-terminated; to
353 search the global scope and then a specific object and its
354 dependencies, set *_dl_global_scope_end. This variable initially
355 points to _dl_default_scope, and _dl_loaded is always kept in [2]
356 of this list. A new list is malloc'd when new objects are loaded
357 with RTLD_GLOBAL. */
358 extern struct link_map **_dl_global_scope, **_dl_global_scope_end;
359 extern size_t _dl_global_scope_alloc; /* Number of slots malloc'd. */
361 /* Hack _dl_global_scope[0] and [1] as necessary, and return a pointer into
362 _dl_global_scope that should be passed to _dl_lookup_symbol for symbol
363 references made in the object MAP's relocations. */
364 extern struct link_map **_dl_object_relocation_scope (struct link_map *map);
367 /* Allocate a `struct link_map' for a new object being loaded,
368 and enter it into the _dl_loaded list. */
369 extern struct link_map *_dl_new_object (char *realname, const char *libname,
370 int type);
372 /* Relocate the given object (if it hasn't already been).
373 SCOPE is passed to _dl_lookup_symbol in symbol lookups.
374 If LAZY is nonzero, don't relocate its PLT. */
375 extern void _dl_relocate_object (struct link_map *map,
376 struct link_map *scope[],
377 int lazy);
379 /* Check the version dependencies of all objects available through
380 MAP. If VERBOSE print some more diagnostics. */
381 extern int _dl_check_all_versions (struct link_map *map, int verbose);
383 /* Check the version dependencies for MAP. If VERBOSE print some more
384 diagnostics. */
385 extern int _dl_check_map_versions (struct link_map *map, int verbose);
387 /* Return the address of the next initializer function for MAP or one of
388 its dependencies that has not yet been run. When there are no more
389 initializers to be run, this returns zero. The functions are returned
390 in the order they should be called. */
391 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_init_next (struct link_map *map);
393 /* Call the finalizer functions of all shared objects whose
394 initializer functions have completed. */
395 extern void _dl_fini (void);
397 /* The dynamic linker calls this function before and having changing
398 any shared object mappings. The `r_state' member of `struct r_debug'
399 says what change is taking place. This function's address is
400 the value of the `r_brk' member. */
401 extern void _dl_debug_state (void);
403 /* Initialize `struct r_debug' if it has not already been done. The
404 argument is the run-time load address of the dynamic linker, to be put
405 in the `r_ldbase' member. Returns the address of the structure. */
406 extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_initialize (ElfW(Addr) ldbase);
408 __END_DECLS
410 #endif /* link.h */