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1 /* Data structure for communication from the run-time dynamic linker for
2 loaded ELF shared objects.
3 Copyright (C) 1995-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
18 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
19 02111-1307 USA. */
21 #ifndef _LINK_H
22 #define _LINK_H 1
24 #include <features.h>
25 #include <elf.h>
26 #include <dlfcn.h>
27 #include <sys/types.h>
29 /* We use this macro to refer to ELF types independent of the native wordsize.
30 `ElfW(TYPE)' is used in place of `Elf32_TYPE' or `Elf64_TYPE'. */
31 #define ElfW(type) _ElfW (Elf, __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS, type)
32 #define _ElfW(e,w,t) _ElfW_1 (e, w, _##t)
33 #define _ElfW_1(e,w,t) e##w##t
35 #include <bits/elfclass.h> /* Defines __ELF_NATIVE_CLASS. */
37 /* Rendezvous structure used by the run-time dynamic linker to communicate
38 details of shared object loading to the debugger. If the executable's
39 dynamic section has a DT_DEBUG element, the run-time linker sets that
40 element's value to the address where this structure can be found. */
42 struct r_debug
44 int r_version; /* Version number for this protocol. */
46 struct link_map *r_map; /* Head of the chain of loaded objects. */
48 /* This is the address of a function internal to the run-time linker,
49 that will always be called when the linker begins to map in a
50 library or unmap it, and again when the mapping change is complete.
51 The debugger can set a breakpoint at this address if it wants to
52 notice shared object mapping changes. */
53 ElfW(Addr) r_brk;
54 enum
56 /* This state value describes the mapping change taking place when
57 the `r_brk' address is called. */
58 RT_CONSISTENT, /* Mapping change is complete. */
59 RT_ADD, /* Beginning to add a new object. */
60 RT_DELETE /* Beginning to remove an object mapping. */
61 } r_state;
63 ElfW(Addr) r_ldbase; /* Base address the linker is loaded at. */
66 /* This is the instance of that structure used by the dynamic linker. */
67 extern struct r_debug _r_debug;
69 /* This symbol refers to the "dynamic structure" in the `.dynamic' section
70 of whatever module refers to `_DYNAMIC'. So, to find its own
71 `struct r_debug', a program could do:
72 for (dyn = _DYNAMIC; dyn->d_tag != DT_NULL; ++dyn)
73 if (dyn->d_tag == DT_DEBUG)
74 r_debug = (struct r_debug *) dyn->d_un.d_ptr;
76 extern ElfW(Dyn) _DYNAMIC[];
78 /* Structure describing a loaded shared object. The `l_next' and `l_prev'
79 members form a chain of all the shared objects loaded at startup.
81 These data structures exist in space used by the run-time dynamic linker;
82 modifying them may have disastrous results. */
84 struct link_map
86 /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
87 This is the same format used in SVR4. */
89 ElfW(Addr) l_addr; /* Base address shared object is loaded at. */
90 char *l_name; /* Absolute file name object was found in. */
91 ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld; /* Dynamic section of the shared object. */
92 struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects. */
95 #ifdef __USE_GNU
97 struct dl_phdr_info
99 ElfW(Addr) dlpi_addr;
100 const char *dlpi_name;
101 const ElfW(Phdr) *dlpi_phdr;
102 ElfW(Half) dlpi_phnum;
105 __BEGIN_DECLS
107 extern int dl_iterate_phdr (int (*callback) (struct dl_phdr_info *info,
108 size_t size, void *data),
109 void *data) __THROW;
111 __END_DECLS
113 #endif
115 #endif /* link.h */