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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
21 #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>
30 #include <dlfcn.h>
32 __BEGIN_DECLS
34 /* We use this macro to refer to ELF types independent of the native wordsize.
35 `ElfW(TYPE)' is used in place of `Elf32_TYPE' or `Elf64_TYPE'. */
36 #define ElfW(type) _ElfW (Elf, __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS, type)
37 #define ELFW(type) _ElfW (ELF, __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS, type)
38 #define _ElfW(e,w,t) _ElfW_1 (e, w, _##t)
39 #define _ElfW_1(e,w,t) e##w##t
41 #include <bits/elfclass.h> /* Defines __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS. */
43 /* Rendezvous structure used by the run-time dynamic linker to communicate
44 details of shared object loading to the debugger. If the executable's
45 dynamic section has a DT_DEBUG element, the run-time linker sets that
46 element's value to the address where this structure can be found. */
48 struct r_debug
50 int r_version; /* Version number for this protocol. */
52 struct link_map *r_map; /* Head of the chain of loaded objects. */
54 /* This is the address of a function internal to the run-time linker,
55 that will always be called when the linker begins to map in a
56 library or unmap it, and again when the mapping change is complete.
57 The debugger can set a breakpoint at this address if it wants to
58 notice shared object mapping changes. */
59 ElfW(Addr) r_brk;
60 enum
62 /* This state value describes the mapping change taking place when
63 the `r_brk' address is called. */
64 RT_CONSISTENT, /* Mapping change is complete. */
65 RT_ADD, /* Beginning to add a new object. */
66 RT_DELETE /* Beginning to remove an object mapping. */
67 } r_state;
69 ElfW(Addr) r_ldbase; /* Base address the linker is loaded at. */
72 /* This is the instance of that structure used by the dynamic linker. */
73 extern struct r_debug _r_debug;
75 /* This symbol refers to the "dynamic structure" in the `.dynamic' section
76 of whatever module refers to `_DYNAMIC'. So, to find its own
77 `struct r_debug', a program could do:
78 for (dyn = _DYNAMIC; dyn->d_tag != DT_NULL)
79 if (dyn->d_tag == DT_DEBUG) r_debug = (struct r_debug) dyn->d_un.d_ptr;
82 extern ElfW(Dyn) _DYNAMIC[];
84 /* For the version handling we need an array with only names and their
85 hash values. */
86 struct r_found_version
88 const char *name;
89 ElfW(Word) hash;
91 int hidden;
92 const char *filename;
95 /* We want to cache information about the searches for shared objects. */
97 enum r_dir_status { unknown, nonexisting, existing };
99 struct r_search_path_elem
101 const char *dirname;
103 size_t dirnamelen;
104 enum r_dir_status dirstatus;
106 size_t machdirnamelen;
107 enum r_dir_status machdirstatus;
109 /* This link is only used in the `all_dirs' member of `r_search_path'. */
110 struct r_search_path_elem *next;
114 /* A data structure for a simple single linked list of strings. */
115 struct libname_list
117 const char *name; /* Name requested (before search). */
118 struct libname_list *next; /* Link to next name for this object. */
122 /* Structure describing a loaded shared object. The `l_next' and `l_prev'
123 members form a chain of all the shared objects loaded at startup.
125 These data structures exist in space used by the run-time dynamic linker;
126 modifying them may have disastrous results. */
128 struct link_map
130 /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
131 This is the same format used in SVR4. */
133 ElfW(Addr) l_addr; /* Base address shared object is loaded at. */
134 char *l_name; /* Absolute file name object was found in. */
135 ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld; /* Dynamic section of the shared object. */
136 struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects. */
138 /* All following members are internal to the dynamic linker.
139 They may change without notice. */
141 struct libname_list *l_libname;
142 /* Indexed pointers to dynamic section.
143 [0,DT_NUM) are indexed by the processor-independent tags.
144 [DT_NUM,DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM) are indexed by the tag minus DT_LOPROC.
145 [DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM,DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_EXTRANUM) are indexed
146 by DT_EXTRATAGIDX(tagvalue) and
147 [DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_VERSIONTAGNUM,
148 DT_NUM+DT_PROCNUM+DT_VERSIONTAGNUM+DT_EXTRANUM)
149 are indexed by DT_EXTRATAGIDX(tagvalue) (see <elf.h>). */
151 ElfW(Dyn) *l_info[DT_NUM + DT_PROCNUM + DT_VERSIONTAGNUM + DT_EXTRANUM];
152 const ElfW(Phdr) *l_phdr; /* Pointer to program header table in core. */
153 ElfW(Addr) l_entry; /* Entry point location. */
154 ElfW(Half) l_phnum; /* Number of program header entries. */
156 /* Array of DT_NEEDED dependencies and their dependencies, in
157 dependency order for symbol lookup. This is null before the
158 dependencies have been loaded. */
159 struct link_map **l_searchlist;
160 unsigned int l_nsearchlist;
162 /* We keep another list in which we keep duplicates. This is
163 needed in _dl_lookup_symbol_skip to implemented RTLD_NEXT. */
164 struct link_map **l_dupsearchlist;
165 unsigned int l_ndupsearchlist;
167 /* Dependent object that first caused this object to be loaded. */
168 struct link_map *l_loader;
170 /* Symbol hash table. */
171 ElfW(Symndx) l_nbuckets;
172 const ElfW(Symndx) *l_buckets, *l_chain;
174 unsigned int l_opencount; /* Reference count for dlopen/dlclose. */
175 enum /* Where this object came from. */
177 lt_executable, /* The main executable program. */
178 lt_library, /* Library needed by main executable. */
179 lt_loaded /* Extra run-time loaded shared object. */
180 } l_type:2;
181 unsigned int l_relocated:1; /* Nonzero if object's relocations done. */
182 unsigned int l_init_called:1; /* Nonzero if DT_INIT function called. */
183 unsigned int l_init_running:1; /* Nonzero while DT_INIT function runs. */
184 unsigned int l_global:1; /* Nonzero if object in _dl_global_scope. */
185 unsigned int l_reserved:2; /* Reserved for internal use. */
187 /* Array with version names. */
188 unsigned int l_nversions;
189 struct r_found_version *l_versions;
191 /* Collected information about own RPATH directories. */
192 struct r_search_path_elem **l_rpath_dirs;
196 /* Test whether given NAME matches any of the names of the given object. */
197 static __inline int
198 __attribute__ ((unused))
199 _dl_name_match_p (const char *__name, struct link_map *__map)
201 int __found = strcmp (__name, __map->l_name) == 0;
202 struct libname_list *__runp = __map->l_libname;
204 while (! __found && __runp != NULL)
205 if (strcmp (__name, __runp->name) == 0)
206 __found = 1;
207 else
208 __runp = __runp->next;
210 return __found;
213 /* Function used as argument for `_dl_receive_error' function. The
214 arguments are the error code, error string, and the objname the
215 error occurred in. */
216 typedef void (*receiver_fct) (int, const char *, const char *);
218 /* Internal functions of the run-time dynamic linker.
219 These can be accessed if you link again the dynamic linker
220 as a shared library, as in `-lld' or `/lib/ld.so' explicitly;
221 but are not normally of interest to user programs.
223 The `-ldl' library functions in <dlfcn.h> provide a simple
224 user interface to run-time dynamic linking. */
227 /* Cached value of `getpagesize ()'. */
228 extern size_t _dl_pagesize;
230 /* File descriptor referring to the zero-fill device. */
231 extern int _dl_zerofd;
233 /* Name of the shared object to be profiled (if any). */
234 extern const char *_dl_profile;
235 /* Map of shared object to be profiled. */
236 extern struct link_map *_dl_profile_map;
238 /* OS-dependent function to open the zero-fill device. */
239 extern int _dl_sysdep_open_zero_fill (void); /* dl-sysdep.c */
241 /* OS-dependent function to write a message on the standard output.
242 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
243 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
244 extern void _dl_sysdep_message (const char *string, ...);
246 /* OS-dependent function to write a message on the standard error.
247 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
248 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
249 extern void _dl_sysdep_error (const char *string, ...);
251 /* OS-dependent function to give a fatal error message and exit
252 when the dynamic linker fails before the program is fully linked.
253 All arguments are `const char *'; args until a null pointer
254 are concatenated to form the message to print. */
255 extern void _dl_sysdep_fatal (const char *string, ...)
256 __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
258 /* Nonzero if the program should be "secure" (i.e. it's setuid or somesuch).
259 This tells the dynamic linker to ignore environment variables. */
260 extern int _dl_secure;
262 /* This function is called by all the internal dynamic linker functions
263 when they encounter an error. ERRCODE is either an `errno' code or
264 zero; OBJECT is the name of the problematical shared object, or null if
265 it is a general problem; ERRSTRING is a string describing the specific
266 problem. */
267 extern void _dl_signal_error (int errcode,
268 const char *object,
269 const char *errstring);
271 /* Call OPERATE, catching errors from `dl_signal_error'. If there is no
272 error, *ERRSTRING is set to null. If there is an error, *ERRSTRING and
273 *OBJECT are set to the strings passed to _dl_signal_error, and the error
274 code passed is the return value. ERRSTRING if nonzero points to a
275 malloc'ed string which the caller has to free after use.
276 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
277 extern int _dl_catch_error (char **errstring,
278 const char **object,
279 void (*operate) (void *),
280 void *args);
282 /* Call OPERATE, receiving errors from `dl_signal_error'. Unlike
283 `_dl_catch_error' the operation is resumed after the OPERATE
284 function returns.
285 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
286 extern void _dl_receive_error (receiver_fct fct, void (*operate) (void *),
287 void *args);
290 /* Helper function for <dlfcn.h> functions. Runs the OPERATE function via
291 _dl_catch_error. Returns zero for success, nonzero for failure; and
292 arranges for `dlerror' to return the error details.
293 ARGS is passed as argument to OPERATE. */
294 extern int _dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void *), void *args);
297 /* Open the shared object NAME and map in its segments.
298 LOADER's DT_RPATH is used in searching for NAME.
299 If the object is already opened, returns its existing map. */
300 extern struct link_map *_dl_map_object (struct link_map *loader,
301 const char *name, int type,
302 int trace_mode);
304 /* Call _dl_map_object on the dependencies of MAP, and set up
305 MAP->l_searchlist. PRELOADS points to a vector of NPRELOADS previously
306 loaded objects that will be inserted into MAP->l_searchlist after MAP
307 but before its dependencies. */
308 extern void _dl_map_object_deps (struct link_map *map,
309 struct link_map **preloads,
310 unsigned int npreloads, int trace_mode);
312 /* Cache the locations of MAP's hash table. */
313 extern void _dl_setup_hash (struct link_map *map);
316 /* Open the shared object NAME, relocate it, and run its initializer if it
317 hasn't already been run. MODE is as for `dlopen' (see <dlfcn.h>). If
318 the object is already opened, returns its existing map. */
319 extern struct link_map *_dl_open (const char *name, int mode);
321 /* Close an object previously opened by _dl_open. */
322 extern void _dl_close (struct link_map *map);
325 /* Search loaded objects' symbol tables for a definition of the symbol
326 referred to by UNDEF. *SYM is the symbol table entry containing the
327 reference; it is replaced with the defining symbol, and the base load
328 address of the defining object is returned. SYMBOL_SCOPE is a
329 null-terminated list of object scopes to search; each object's
330 l_searchlist (i.e. the segment of the dependency tree starting at that
331 object) is searched in turn. REFERENCE_NAME should name the object
332 containing the reference; it is used in error messages.
333 RELOC_TYPE is a machine-dependent reloc type, which is passed to
334 the `elf_machine_lookup_*_p' macros in dl-machine.h to affect which
335 symbols can be chosen. */
336 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_symbol (const char *undef,
337 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
338 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
339 const char *reference_name,
340 int reloc_type);
342 /* Lookup versioned symbol. */
343 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_versioned_symbol (const char *undef,
344 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
345 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
346 const char *reference_name,
347 const struct r_found_version *version,
348 int reloc_type);
350 /* For handling RTLD_NEXT we must be able to skip shared objects. */
351 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_symbol_skip (const char *undef,
352 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
353 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
354 const char *reference_name,
355 struct link_map *skip_this);
357 /* For handling RTLD_NEXT with versioned symbols we must be able to
358 skip shared objects. */
359 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_lookup_versioned_symbol_skip (const char *undef,
360 const ElfW(Sym) **sym,
361 struct link_map *symbol_scope[],
362 const char *reference_name,
363 const struct r_found_version *version,
364 struct link_map *skip_this);
366 /* Locate shared object containing the given address. */
367 extern int _dl_addr (const void *address, Dl_info *info);
369 /* Look up symbol NAME in MAP's scope and return its run-time address. */
370 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_symbol_value (struct link_map *map, const char *name);
373 /* Structure describing the dynamic linker itself. */
374 extern struct link_map _dl_rtld_map;
376 /* The list of objects currently loaded is the third element of the
377 `_dl_default_scope' array, and the fourth element is always null.
378 This leaves two slots before it that are used when resolving
379 DT_SYMBOLIC objects' references one after it for normal references
380 (see below). */
381 #define _dl_loaded (_dl_default_scope[2])
382 extern struct link_map *_dl_default_scope[5];
384 /* Null-terminated list of objects in the dynamic `global scope'. The
385 list starts at [2]; i.e. &_dl_global_scope[2] is the argument
386 passed to _dl_lookup_symbol to search the global scope. To search
387 a specific object and its dependencies in preference to the global
388 scope, fill in the [1] slot and pass its address; for two specific
389 object scopes, fill [0] and [1]. The list is double-terminated; to
390 search the global scope and then a specific object and its
391 dependencies, set *_dl_global_scope_end. This variable initially
392 points to _dl_default_scope, and _dl_loaded is always kept in [2]
393 of this list. A new list is malloc'd when new objects are loaded
394 with RTLD_GLOBAL. */
395 extern struct link_map **_dl_global_scope, **_dl_global_scope_end;
396 extern size_t _dl_global_scope_alloc; /* Number of slots malloc'd. */
398 /* Hack _dl_global_scope[0] and [1] as necessary, and return a pointer into
399 _dl_global_scope that should be passed to _dl_lookup_symbol for symbol
400 references made in the object MAP's relocations. */
401 extern struct link_map **_dl_object_relocation_scope (struct link_map *map);
404 /* Allocate a `struct link_map' for a new object being loaded,
405 and enter it into the _dl_loaded list. */
406 extern struct link_map *_dl_new_object (char *realname, const char *libname,
407 int type);
409 /* Relocate the given object (if it hasn't already been).
410 SCOPE is passed to _dl_lookup_symbol in symbol lookups.
411 If LAZY is nonzero, don't relocate its PLT. */
412 extern void _dl_relocate_object (struct link_map *map,
413 struct link_map *scope[],
414 int lazy);
416 /* Check the version dependencies of all objects available through
417 MAP. If VERBOSE print some more diagnostics. */
418 extern int _dl_check_all_versions (struct link_map *map, int verbose);
420 /* Check the version dependencies for MAP. If VERBOSE print some more
421 diagnostics. */
422 extern int _dl_check_map_versions (struct link_map *map, int verbose);
424 /* Return the address of the next initializer function for MAP or one of
425 its dependencies that has not yet been run. When there are no more
426 initializers to be run, this returns zero. The functions are returned
427 in the order they should be called. */
428 extern ElfW(Addr) _dl_init_next (struct link_map *map);
430 /* Call the finalizer functions of all shared objects whose
431 initializer functions have completed. */
432 extern void _dl_fini (void);
434 /* The dynamic linker calls this function before and having changing
435 any shared object mappings. The `r_state' member of `struct r_debug'
436 says what change is taking place. This function's address is
437 the value of the `r_brk' member. */
438 extern void _dl_debug_state (void);
440 /* Initialize `struct r_debug' if it has not already been done. The
441 argument is the run-time load address of the dynamic linker, to be put
442 in the `r_ldbase' member. Returns the address of the structure. */
443 extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_initialize (ElfW(Addr) ldbase);
445 /* Initialize the basic data structure for the search paths. */
446 extern void _dl_init_paths (void);
448 /* Gather the information needed to install the profiling tables and start
449 the timers. */
450 extern void _dl_start_profile (struct link_map *map, const char *output_dir);
452 /* The actual functions used to keep book on the calls. */
453 extern void _dl_mcount (ElfW(Addr) frompc, ElfW(Addr) selfpc);
456 /* Show the member of the auxiliry aray passed up from the kernel. */
457 extern void _dl_show_auxv (void);
459 __END_DECLS
461 #endif /* link.h */