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diff --git a/libelf/elf-knowledge.h b/libelf/elf-knowledge.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b92fd8a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/libelf/elf-knowledge.h @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +/* Accumulation of various pieces of knowledge about ELF. + Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Red Hat, Inc. + Written by Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>, 2000. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation, version 2. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ + +#ifndef _ELF_KNOWLEDGE_H +#define _ELF_KNOWLEDGE_H 1 + +#include <stdbool.h> + + +/* Test whether a section can be stripped or not. */ +#define SECTION_STRIP_P(shdr, name, remove_comment) \ + /* Sections which are allocated are not removed. */ \ + (((shdr)->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0 \ + /* We never remove .note sections. */ \ + && (shdr)->sh_type != SHT_NOTE \ + && (((shdr)->sh_type) != SHT_PROGBITS \ + /* Never remove .gnu.warning.* sections. */ \ + || (strncmp (name, ".gnu.warning.", sizeof ".gnu.warning." - 1) != 0 \ + /* We remove .comment sections only if explicitly told to do so. */\ + && (remove_comment \ + || strcmp (name, ".comment") != 0))) \ + /* So far we do not remove any of the non-standard sections. \ + XXX Maybe in future. */ \ + && (shdr)->sh_type < SHT_NUM) + + +/* Test whether `sh_info' field in section header contains a section + index. There are two kinds of sections doing this: + + - the sections containing relocation information reference in this + field the section to which the relocations apply; + + - section with the SHF_INFO_LINK flag set to signal that `sh_info' + references a section. This allows correct handling of unknown + sections. */ +#define SH_INFO_LINK_P(Shdr) \ + ((Shdr)->sh_type == SHT_REL || (Shdr)->sh_type == SHT_RELA \ + || ((Shdr)->sh_flags & SHF_INFO_LINK) != 0) + + +/* When combining ELF section flags we must distinguish two kinds: + + - flags which cause problem if not added to the result even if not + present in all input sections + + - flags which cause problem if added to the result if not present + in all input sections + + The following definition is for the general case. There might be + machine specific extensions. */ +#define SH_FLAGS_COMBINE(Flags1, Flags2) \ + (((Flags1 | Flags2) \ + & (SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC | SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_LINK_ORDER \ + | SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING | SHF_GROUP)) \ + | (Flags1 & Flags2 & (SHF_MERGE | SHF_STRINGS | SHF_INFO_LINK))) + +/* Similar macro: return the bits of the flags which necessarily must + match if two sections are automatically combined. Sections still + can be forcefully combined in which case SH_FLAGS_COMBINE can be + used to determine the combined flags. */ +#define SH_FLAGS_IMPORTANT(Flags) \ + ((Flags) & ~((GElf_Xword) 0 | SHF_LINK_ORDER | SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING)) + + +/* Size of an entry in the hash table. The ELF specification says all + entries are regardless of platform 32-bits in size. Early 64-bit + ports (namely Alpha for Linux) got this wrong. The wording was not + clear. + + Several years later the ABI for the 64-bit S390s was developed. + Many things were copied from the IA-64 ABI (which uses the correct + 32-bit entry size) but what do these people do? They use 64-bit + entries. It is really shocking to see what kind of morons are out + there. And even worse: they are allowed to design ABIs. */ +#define SH_ENTSIZE_HASH(Ehdr) \ + ((Ehdr)->e_machine == EM_ALPHA \ + || ((Ehdr)->e_machine == EM_S390 \ + && (Ehdr)->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64) ? 8 : 4) + +#endif /* elf-knowledge.h */ |