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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2000 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
3 *
4 * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_START@
5 *
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7 * are subject to the Apple Public Source License Version 1.1 (the
8 * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
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21 */
22#ifndef _MACHO_LOADER_H_
23#define _MACHO_LOADER_H_
24
25/*
26 * This file describes the format of mach object files.
27 */
28
29/*
30 * <mach/machine.h> is needed here for the cpu_type_t and cpu_subtype_t types
31 * and contains the constants for the possible values of these types.
32 */
33#include <mach/machine.h>
34
35/*
36 * <mach/vm_prot.h> is needed here for the vm_prot_t type and contains the
37 * constants that are or'ed together for the possible values of this type.
38 */
39#include <mach/vm_prot.h>
40
41/*
42 * <machine/thread_status.h> is expected to define the flavors of the thread
43 * states and the structures of those flavors for each machine.
44 */
45#include <mach/machine/thread_status.h>
46#include <architecture/byte_order.h>
47
48/*
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49 * The mach header appears at the very beginning of the object file; it
50 * is the same for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
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51 */
52struct mach_header {
91447636 53 uint32_t magic; /* mach magic number identifier */
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54 cpu_type_t cputype; /* cpu specifier */
55 cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype; /* machine specifier */
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56 uint32_t filetype; /* type of file */
57 uint32_t ncmds; /* number of load commands */
58 uint32_t sizeofcmds; /* the size of all the load commands */
59 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
60};
61
62/*
63 * The 64-bit mach header appears at the very beginning of object files for
64 * 64-bit architectures.
65 */
66struct mach_header_64 {
67 uint32_t magic; /* mach magic number identifier */
68 cpu_type_t cputype; /* cpu specifier */
69 cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype; /* machine specifier */
70 uint32_t filetype; /* type of file */
71 uint32_t ncmds; /* number of load commands */
72 uint32_t sizeofcmds; /* the size of all the load commands */
73 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
74 uint32_t reserved; /* reserved */
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75};
76
91447636 77/* Constant for the magic field of the mach_header (32-bit architectures) */
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78#define MH_MAGIC 0xfeedface /* the mach magic number */
79#define MH_CIGAM NXSwapInt(MH_MAGIC)
80
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81/* Constant for the magic field of the mach_header_64 (64-bit architectures) */
82#define MH_MAGIC_64 0xfeedfacf /* the 64-bit mach magic number */
83#define MH_CIGAM_64 NXSwapInt(MH_MAGIC_64)
84
85/* Constants for the cmd field of new load commands, the type */
86#define LC_SEGMENT_64 0x19 /* 64-bit segment of this file to be mapped */
87#define LC_ROUTINES_64 0x1a /* 64-bit image routines */
88
89
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90/*
91 * The layout of the file depends on the filetype. For all but the MH_OBJECT
92 * file type the segments are padded out and aligned on a segment alignment
93 * boundary for efficient demand pageing. The MH_EXECUTE, MH_FVMLIB, MH_DYLIB,
94 * MH_DYLINKER and MH_BUNDLE file types also have the headers included as part
95 * of their first segment.
96 *
97 * The file type MH_OBJECT is a compact format intended as output of the
98 * assembler and input (and possibly output) of the link editor (the .o
99 * format). All sections are in one unnamed segment with no segment padding.
100 * This format is used as an executable format when the file is so small the
101 * segment padding greatly increases it's size.
102 *
103 * The file type MH_PRELOAD is an executable format intended for things that
104 * not executed under the kernel (proms, stand alones, kernels, etc). The
105 * format can be executed under the kernel but may demand paged it and not
106 * preload it before execution.
107 *
108 * A core file is in MH_CORE format and can be any in an arbritray legal
109 * Mach-O file.
110 *
111 * Constants for the filetype field of the mach_header
112 */
113#define MH_OBJECT 0x1 /* relocatable object file */
114#define MH_EXECUTE 0x2 /* demand paged executable file */
115#define MH_FVMLIB 0x3 /* fixed VM shared library file */
116#define MH_CORE 0x4 /* core file */
117#define MH_PRELOAD 0x5 /* preloaded executable file */
118#define MH_DYLIB 0x6 /* dynamicly bound shared library file*/
119#define MH_DYLINKER 0x7 /* dynamic link editor */
120#define MH_BUNDLE 0x8 /* dynamicly bound bundle file */
121
122/* Constants for the flags field of the mach_header */
123#define MH_NOUNDEFS 0x1 /* the object file has no undefined
124 references, can be executed */
125#define MH_INCRLINK 0x2 /* the object file is the output of an
126 incremental link against a base file
127 and can't be link edited again */
128#define MH_DYLDLINK 0x4 /* the object file is input for the
129 dynamic linker and can't be staticly
130 link edited again */
131#define MH_BINDATLOAD 0x8 /* the object file's undefined
132 references are bound by the dynamic
133 linker when loaded. */
134#define MH_PREBOUND 0x10 /* the file has it's dynamic undefined
135 references prebound. */
136
137/*
138 * The load commands directly follow the mach_header. The total size of all
139 * of the commands is given by the sizeofcmds field in the mach_header. All
140 * load commands must have as their first two fields cmd and cmdsize. The cmd
141 * field is filled in with a constant for that command type. Each command type
142 * has a structure specifically for it. The cmdsize field is the size in bytes
143 * of the particular load command structure plus anything that follows it that
144 * is a part of the load command (i.e. section structures, strings, etc.). To
145 * advance to the next load command the cmdsize can be added to the offset or
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146 * pointer of the current load command. The cmdsize for 32-bit architectures
147 * MUST be a multiple of 4 bytes and for 64-bit architectures MUST be a multiple
148 * of 8 bytes (these are forever the maximum alignment of any load commands).
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149 * sizeof(long) (this is forever the maximum alignment of any load commands).
150 * The padded bytes must be zero. All tables in the object file must also
151 * follow these rules so the file can be memory mapped. Otherwise the pointers
152 * to these tables will not work well or at all on some machines. With all
153 * padding zeroed like objects will compare byte for byte.
154 */
155struct load_command {
156 unsigned long cmd; /* type of load command */
157 unsigned long cmdsize; /* total size of command in bytes */
158};
159
160/* Constants for the cmd field of all load commands, the type */
161#define LC_SEGMENT 0x1 /* segment of this file to be mapped */
162#define LC_SYMTAB 0x2 /* link-edit stab symbol table info */
163#define LC_SYMSEG 0x3 /* link-edit gdb symbol table info (obsolete) */
164#define LC_THREAD 0x4 /* thread */
165#define LC_UNIXTHREAD 0x5 /* unix thread (includes a stack) */
166#define LC_LOADFVMLIB 0x6 /* load a specified fixed VM shared library */
167#define LC_IDFVMLIB 0x7 /* fixed VM shared library identification */
168#define LC_IDENT 0x8 /* object identification info (obsolete) */
169#define LC_FVMFILE 0x9 /* fixed VM file inclusion (internal use) */
170#define LC_PREPAGE 0xa /* prepage command (internal use) */
171#define LC_DYSYMTAB 0xb /* dynamic link-edit symbol table info */
172#define LC_LOAD_DYLIB 0xc /* load a dynamicly linked shared library */
173#define LC_ID_DYLIB 0xd /* dynamicly linked shared lib identification */
174#define LC_LOAD_DYLINKER 0xe /* load a dynamic linker */
175#define LC_ID_DYLINKER 0xf /* dynamic linker identification */
176#define LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB 0x10 /* modules prebound for a dynamicly */
177 /* linked shared library */
178
179/*
180 * A variable length string in a load command is represented by an lc_str
181 * union. The strings are stored just after the load command structure and
182 * the offset is from the start of the load command structure. The size
183 * of the string is reflected in the cmdsize field of the load command.
184 * Once again any padded bytes to bring the cmdsize field to a multiple
185 * of sizeof(long) must be zero.
186 */
187union lc_str {
188 unsigned long offset; /* offset to the string */
189 char *ptr; /* pointer to the string */
190};
191
192/*
193 * The segment load command indicates that a part of this file is to be
194 * mapped into the task's address space. The size of this segment in memory,
195 * vmsize, maybe equal to or larger than the amount to map from this file,
196 * filesize. The file is mapped starting at fileoff to the beginning of
197 * the segment in memory, vmaddr. The rest of the memory of the segment,
198 * if any, is allocated zero fill on demand. The segment's maximum virtual
199 * memory protection and initial virtual memory protection are specified
200 * by the maxprot and initprot fields. If the segment has sections then the
201 * section structures directly follow the segment command and their size is
202 * reflected in cmdsize.
203 */
91447636 204struct segment_command { /* for 32-bit architectures */
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205 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SEGMENT */
206 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes sizeof section structs */
207 char segname[16]; /* segment name */
208 unsigned long vmaddr; /* memory address of this segment */
209 unsigned long vmsize; /* memory size of this segment */
210 unsigned long fileoff; /* file offset of this segment */
211 unsigned long filesize; /* amount to map from the file */
212 vm_prot_t maxprot; /* maximum VM protection */
213 vm_prot_t initprot; /* initial VM protection */
214 unsigned long nsects; /* number of sections in segment */
215 unsigned long flags; /* flags */
216};
217
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218/*
219 * The 64-bit segment load command indicates that a part of this file is to be
220 * mapped into a 64-bit task's address space. If the 64-bit segment has
221 * sections then section_64 structures directly follow the 64-bit segment
222 * command and their size is reflected in cmdsize.
223 */
224struct segment_command_64 { /* for 64-bit architectures */
225 uint32_t cmd; /* LC_SEGMENT_64 */
226 uint32_t cmdsize; /* includes sizeof section_64 structs */
227 char segname[16]; /* segment name */
228 uint64_t vmaddr; /* memory address of this segment */
229 uint64_t vmsize; /* memory size of this segment */
230 uint64_t fileoff; /* file offset of this segment */
231 uint64_t filesize; /* amount to map from the file */
232 vm_prot_t maxprot; /* maximum VM protection */
233 vm_prot_t initprot; /* initial VM protection */
234 uint32_t nsects; /* number of sections in segment */
235 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
236};
237
238
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239/* Constants for the flags field of the segment_command */
240#define SG_HIGHVM 0x1 /* the file contents for this segment is for
241 the high part of the VM space, the low part
242 is zero filled (for stacks in core files) */
243#define SG_FVMLIB 0x2 /* this segment is the VM that is allocated by
244 a fixed VM library, for overlap checking in
245 the link editor */
246#define SG_NORELOC 0x4 /* this segment has nothing that was relocated
247 in it and nothing relocated to it, that is
248 it maybe safely replaced without relocation*/
249
250/*
251 * A segment is made up of zero or more sections. Non-MH_OBJECT files have
252 * all of their segments with the proper sections in each, and padded to the
253 * specified segment alignment when produced by the link editor. The first
254 * segment of a MH_EXECUTE and MH_FVMLIB format file contains the mach_header
255 * and load commands of the object file before it's first section. The zero
256 * fill sections are always last in their segment (in all formats). This
257 * allows the zeroed segment padding to be mapped into memory where zero fill
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258 * sections might be. The gigabyte zero fill sections, those with the section
259 * type S_GB_ZEROFILL, can only be in a segment with sections of this type.
260 * These segments are then placed after all other segments.
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261 *
262 * The MH_OBJECT format has all of it's sections in one segment for
263 * compactness. There is no padding to a specified segment boundary and the
264 * mach_header and load commands are not part of the segment.
265 *
266 * Sections with the same section name, sectname, going into the same segment,
267 * segname, are combined by the link editor. The resulting section is aligned
268 * to the maximum alignment of the combined sections and is the new section's
269 * alignment. The combined sections are aligned to their original alignment in
270 * the combined section. Any padded bytes to get the specified alignment are
271 * zeroed.
272 *
273 * The format of the relocation entries referenced by the reloff and nreloc
274 * fields of the section structure for mach object files is described in the
275 * header file <reloc.h>.
276 */
91447636 277struct section { /* for 32-bit architectures */
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278 char sectname[16]; /* name of this section */
279 char segname[16]; /* segment this section goes in */
280 unsigned long addr; /* memory address of this section */
281 unsigned long size; /* size in bytes of this section */
282 unsigned long offset; /* file offset of this section */
283 unsigned long align; /* section alignment (power of 2) */
284 unsigned long reloff; /* file offset of relocation entries */
285 unsigned long nreloc; /* number of relocation entries */
286 unsigned long flags; /* flags (section type and attributes)*/
287 unsigned long reserved1; /* reserved */
288 unsigned long reserved2; /* reserved */
289};
290
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291struct section_64 { /* for 64-bit architectures */
292 char sectname[16]; /* name of this section */
293 char segname[16]; /* segment this section goes in */
294 uint64_t addr; /* memory address of this section */
295 uint64_t size; /* size in bytes of this section */
296 uint32_t offset; /* file offset of this section */
297 uint32_t align; /* section alignment (power of 2) */
298 uint32_t reloff; /* file offset of relocation entries */
299 uint32_t nreloc; /* number of relocation entries */
300 uint32_t flags; /* flags (section type and attributes)*/
301 uint32_t reserved1; /* reserved (for offset or index) */
302 uint32_t reserved2; /* reserved (for count or sizeof) */
303 uint32_t reserved3; /* reserved */
304};
305
306
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307/*
308 * The flags field of a section structure is separated into two parts a section
309 * type and section attributes. The section types are mutually exclusive (it
310 * can only have one type) but the section attributes are not (it may have more
311 * than one attribute).
312 */
313#define SECTION_TYPE 0x000000ff /* 256 section types */
314#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES 0xffffff00 /* 24 section attributes */
315
316/* Constants for the type of a section */
317#define S_REGULAR 0x0 /* regular section */
318#define S_ZEROFILL 0x1 /* zero fill on demand section */
319#define S_CSTRING_LITERALS 0x2 /* section with only literal C strings*/
320#define S_4BYTE_LITERALS 0x3 /* section with only 4 byte literals */
321#define S_8BYTE_LITERALS 0x4 /* section with only 8 byte literals */
322#define S_LITERAL_POINTERS 0x5 /* section with only pointers to */
323 /* literals */
324/*
325 * For the two types of symbol pointers sections and the symbol stubs section
326 * they have indirect symbol table entries. For each of the entries in the
327 * section the indirect symbol table entries, in corresponding order in the
328 * indirect symbol table, start at the index stored in the reserved1 field
329 * of the section structure. Since the indirect symbol table entries
330 * correspond to the entries in the section the number of indirect symbol table
331 * entries is inferred from the size of the section divided by the size of the
332 * entries in the section. For symbol pointers sections the size of the entries
333 * in the section is 4 bytes and for symbol stubs sections the byte size of the
334 * stubs is stored in the reserved2 field of the section structure.
335 */
336#define S_NON_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x6 /* section with only non-lazy
337 symbol pointers */
338#define S_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x7 /* section with only lazy symbol
339 pointers */
340#define S_SYMBOL_STUBS 0x8 /* section with only symbol
341 stubs, byte size of stub in
342 the reserved2 field */
343#define S_MOD_INIT_FUNC_POINTERS 0x9 /* section with only function
344 pointers for initialization*/
345/*
346 * Constants for the section attributes part of the flags field of a section
347 * structure.
348 */
349#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_USR 0xff000000 /* User setable attributes */
350#define S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS 0x80000000 /* section contains only true
351 machine instructions */
352#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_SYS 0x00ffff00 /* system setable attributes */
353#define S_ATTR_SOME_INSTRUCTIONS 0x00000400 /* section contains some
354 machine instructions */
355#define S_ATTR_EXT_RELOC 0x00000200 /* section has external
356 relocation entries */
357#define S_ATTR_LOC_RELOC 0x00000100 /* section has local
358 relocation entries */
359
360
361/*
362 * The names of segments and sections in them are mostly meaningless to the
363 * link-editor. But there are few things to support traditional UNIX
364 * executables that require the link-editor and assembler to use some names
365 * agreed upon by convention.
366 *
367 * The initial protection of the "__TEXT" segment has write protection turned
368 * off (not writeable).
369 *
370 * The link-editor will allocate common symbols at the end of the "__common"
371 * section in the "__DATA" segment. It will create the section and segment
372 * if needed.
373 */
374
375/* The currently known segment names and the section names in those segments */
376
377#define SEG_PAGEZERO "__PAGEZERO" /* the pagezero segment which has no */
378 /* protections and catches NULL */
379 /* references for MH_EXECUTE files */
380
381
382#define SEG_TEXT "__TEXT" /* the tradition UNIX text segment */
383#define SECT_TEXT "__text" /* the real text part of the text */
384 /* section no headers, and no padding */
385#define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT0 "__fvmlib_init0" /* the fvmlib initialization */
386 /* section */
387#define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT1 "__fvmlib_init1" /* the section following the */
388 /* fvmlib initialization */
389 /* section */
390
391#define SEG_DATA "__DATA" /* the tradition UNIX data segment */
392#define SECT_DATA "__data" /* the real initialized data section */
393 /* no padding, no bss overlap */
394#define SECT_BSS "__bss" /* the real uninitialized data section*/
395 /* no padding */
396#define SECT_COMMON "__common" /* the section common symbols are */
397 /* allocated in by the link editor */
398
399#define SEG_OBJC "__OBJC" /* objective-C runtime segment */
400#define SECT_OBJC_SYMBOLS "__symbol_table" /* symbol table */
401#define SECT_OBJC_MODULES "__module_info" /* module information */
402#define SECT_OBJC_STRINGS "__selector_strs" /* string table */
403#define SECT_OBJC_REFS "__selector_refs" /* string table */
404
405#define SEG_ICON "__ICON" /* the NeXT icon segment */
406#define SECT_ICON_HEADER "__header" /* the icon headers */
407#define SECT_ICON_TIFF "__tiff" /* the icons in tiff format */
408
409#define SEG_LINKEDIT "__LINKEDIT" /* the segment containing all structs */
410 /* created and maintained by the link */
411 /* editor. Created with -seglinkedit */
412 /* option to ld(1) for MH_EXECUTE and */
413 /* FVMLIB file types only */
414
415#define SEG_UNIXSTACK "__UNIXSTACK" /* the unix stack segment */
416
417/*
418 * Fixed virtual memory shared libraries are identified by two things. The
419 * target pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
420 * minor version number. The address of where the headers are loaded is in
421 * header_addr.
422 */
423struct fvmlib {
424 union lc_str name; /* library's target pathname */
425 unsigned long minor_version; /* library's minor version number */
426 unsigned long header_addr; /* library's header address */
427};
428
429/*
430 * A fixed virtual shared library (filetype == MH_FVMLIB in the mach header)
431 * contains a fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_IDFVMLIB) to identify the library.
432 * An object that uses a fixed virtual shared library also contains a
433 * fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_LOADFVMLIB) for each library it uses.
434 */
435struct fvmlib_command {
436 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_IDFVMLIB or LC_LOADFVMLIB */
437 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
438 struct fvmlib fvmlib; /* the library identification */
439};
440
441/*
442 * Dynamicly linked shared libraries are identified by two things. The
443 * pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
444 * compatibility version number. The pathname must match and the compatibility
445 * number in the user of the library must be greater than or equal to the
446 * library being used. The time stamp is used to record the time a library was
447 * built and copied into user so it can be use to determined if the library used
448 * at runtime is exactly the same as used to built the program.
449 */
450struct dylib {
451 union lc_str name; /* library's path name */
452 unsigned long timestamp; /* library's build time stamp */
453 unsigned long current_version; /* library's current version number */
454 unsigned long compatibility_version;/* library's compatibility vers number*/
455};
456
457/*
458 * A dynamicly linked shared library (filetype == MH_DYLIB in the mach header)
459 * contains a dylib_command (cmd == LC_ID_DYLIB) to identify the library.
460 * An object that uses a dynamicly linked shared library also contains a
461 * dylib_command (cmd == LC_LOAD_DYLIB) for each library it uses.
462 */
463struct dylib_command {
464 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_ID_DYLIB or LC_LOAD_DYLIB */
465 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
466 struct dylib dylib; /* the library identification */
467};
468
469/*
470 * A program (filetype == MH_EXECUTE) or bundle (filetype == MH_BUNDLE) that is
471 * prebound to it's dynamic libraries has one of these for each library that
472 * the static linker used in prebinding. It contains a bit vector for the
473 * modules in the library. The bits indicate which modules are bound (1) and
474 * which are not (0) from the library. The bit for module 0 is the low bit
475 * of the first byte. So the bit for the Nth module is:
476 * (linked_modules[N/8] >> N%8) & 1
477 */
478struct prebound_dylib_command {
479 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB */
480 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes strings */
481 union lc_str name; /* library's path name */
482 unsigned long nmodules; /* number of modules in library */
483 union lc_str linked_modules; /* bit vector of linked modules */
484};
485
486/*
487 * A program that uses a dynamic linker contains a dylinker_command to identify
488 * the name of the dynamic linker (LC_LOAD_DYLINKER). And a dynamic linker
489 * contains a dylinker_command to identify the dynamic linker (LC_ID_DYLINKER).
490 * A file can have at most one of these.
491 */
492struct dylinker_command {
493 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_ID_DYLINKER or LC_LOAD_DYLINKER */
494 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
495 union lc_str name; /* dynamic linker's path name */
496};
497
498/*
499 * Thread commands contain machine-specific data structures suitable for
500 * use in the thread state primitives. The machine specific data structures
501 * follow the struct thread_command as follows.
502 * Each flavor of machine specific data structure is preceded by an unsigned
503 * long constant for the flavor of that data structure, an unsigned long
504 * that is the count of longs of the size of the state data structure and then
505 * the state data structure follows. This triple may be repeated for many
506 * flavors. The constants for the flavors, counts and state data structure
507 * definitions are expected to be in the header file <machine/thread_status.h>.
508 * These machine specific data structures sizes must be multiples of
509 * sizeof(long). The cmdsize reflects the total size of the thread_command
510 * and all of the sizes of the constants for the flavors, counts and state
511 * data structures.
512 *
513 * For executable objects that are unix processes there will be one
514 * thread_command (cmd == LC_UNIXTHREAD) created for it by the link-editor.
515 * This is the same as a LC_THREAD, except that a stack is automatically
516 * created (based on the shell's limit for the stack size). Command arguments
517 * and environment variables are copied onto that stack.
518 */
519struct thread_command {
520 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_THREAD or LC_UNIXTHREAD */
521 unsigned long cmdsize; /* total size of this command */
522 /* unsigned long flavor flavor of thread state */
523 /* unsigned long count count of longs in thread state */
524 /* struct XXX_thread_state state thread state for this flavor */
525 /* ... */
526};
527
528/*
529 * The symtab_command contains the offsets and sizes of the link-edit 4.3BSD
530 * "stab" style symbol table information as described in the header files
531 * <nlist.h> and <stab.h>.
532 */
533struct symtab_command {
534 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SYMTAB */
535 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct symtab_command) */
536 unsigned long symoff; /* symbol table offset */
537 unsigned long nsyms; /* number of symbol table entries */
538 unsigned long stroff; /* string table offset */
539 unsigned long strsize; /* string table size in bytes */
540};
541
542/*
543 * This is the second set of the symbolic information which is used to support
544 * the data structures for the dynamicly link editor.
545 *
546 * The original set of symbolic information in the symtab_command which contains
547 * the symbol and string tables must also be present when this load command is
548 * present. When this load command is present the symbol table is organized
549 * into three groups of symbols:
550 * local symbols (static and debugging symbols) - grouped by module
551 * defined external symbols - grouped by module (sorted by name if not lib)
552 * undefined external symbols (sorted by name)
553 * In this load command there are offsets and counts to each of the three groups
554 * of symbols.
555 *
556 * This load command contains a the offsets and sizes of the following new
557 * symbolic information tables:
558 * table of contents
559 * module table
560 * reference symbol table
561 * indirect symbol table
562 * The first three tables above (the table of contents, module table and
563 * reference symbol table) are only present if the file is a dynamicly linked
564 * shared library. For executable and object modules, which are files
565 * containing only one module, the information that would be in these three
566 * tables is determined as follows:
567 * table of contents - the defined external symbols are sorted by name
568 * module table - the file contains only one module so everything in the
569 * file is part of the module.
570 * reference symbol table - is the defined and undefined external symbols
571 *
572 * For dynamicly linked shared library files this load command also contains
573 * offsets and sizes to the pool of relocation entries for all sections
574 * separated into two groups:
575 * external relocation entries
576 * local relocation entries
577 * For executable and object modules the relocation entries continue to hang
578 * off the section structures.
579 */
580struct dysymtab_command {
581 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_DYSYMTAB */
582 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct dysymtab_command) */
583
584 /*
585 * The symbols indicated by symoff and nsyms of the LC_SYMTAB load command
586 * are grouped into the following three groups:
587 * local symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
588 * defined external symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
589 * undefined symbols
590 *
591 * The local symbols are used only for debugging. The dynamic binding
592 * process may have to use them to indicate to the debugger the local
593 * symbols for a module that is being bound.
594 *
595 * The last two groups are used by the dynamic binding process to do the
596 * binding (indirectly through the module table and the reference symbol
597 * table when this is a dynamicly linked shared library file).
598 */
599 unsigned long ilocalsym; /* index to local symbols */
600 unsigned long nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
601
602 unsigned long iextdefsym; /* index to externally defined symbols */
603 unsigned long nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
604
605 unsigned long iundefsym; /* index to undefined symbols */
606 unsigned long nundefsym; /* number of undefined symbols */
607
608 /*
609 * For the for the dynamic binding process to find which module a symbol
610 * is defined in the table of contents is used (analogous to the ranlib
611 * structure in an archive) which maps defined external symbols to modules
612 * they are defined in. This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared
613 * library file. For executable and object modules the defined external
614 * symbols are sorted by name and is use as the table of contents.
615 */
616 unsigned long tocoff; /* file offset to table of contents */
617 unsigned long ntoc; /* number of entries in table of contents */
618
619 /*
620 * To support dynamic binding of "modules" (whole object files) the symbol
621 * table must reflect the modules that the file was created from. This is
622 * done by having a module table that has indexes and counts into the merged
623 * tables for each module. The module structure that these two entries
624 * refer to is described below. This exists only in a dynamicly linked
625 * shared library file. For executable and object modules the file only
626 * contains one module so everything in the file belongs to the module.
627 */
628 unsigned long modtaboff; /* file offset to module table */
629 unsigned long nmodtab; /* number of module table entries */
630
631 /*
632 * To support dynamic module binding the module structure for each module
633 * indicates the external references (defined and undefined) each module
634 * makes. For each module there is an offset and a count into the
635 * reference symbol table for the symbols that the module references.
636 * This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared library file. For
637 * executable and object modules the defined external symbols and the
638 * undefined external symbols indicates the external references.
639 */
640 unsigned long extrefsymoff; /* offset to referenced symbol table */
641 unsigned long nextrefsyms; /* number of referenced symbol table entries */
642
643 /*
644 * The sections that contain "symbol pointers" and "routine stubs" have
645 * indexes and (implied counts based on the size of the section and fixed
646 * size of the entry) into the "indirect symbol" table for each pointer
647 * and stub. For every section of these two types the index into the
648 * indirect symbol table is stored in the section header in the field
649 * reserved1. An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into
650 * the symbol table to the symbol that the pointer or stub is referring to.
651 * The indirect symbol table is ordered to match the entries in the section.
652 */
653 unsigned long indirectsymoff; /* file offset to the indirect symbol table */
654 unsigned long nindirectsyms; /* number of indirect symbol table entries */
655
656 /*
657 * To support relocating an individual module in a library file quickly the
658 * external relocation entries for each module in the library need to be
659 * accessed efficiently. Since the relocation entries can't be accessed
660 * through the section headers for a library file they are separated into
661 * groups of local and external entries further grouped by module. In this
662 * case the presents of this load command who's extreloff, nextrel,
663 * locreloff and nlocrel fields are non-zero indicates that the relocation
664 * entries of non-merged sections are not referenced through the section
665 * structures (and the reloff and nreloc fields in the section headers are
666 * set to zero).
667 *
668 * Since the relocation entries are not accessed through the section headers
669 * this requires the r_address field to be something other than a section
670 * offset to identify the item to be relocated. In this case r_address is
671 * set to the offset from the vmaddr of the first LC_SEGMENT command.
672 *
673 * The relocation entries are grouped by module and the module table
674 * entries have indexes and counts into them for the group of external
675 * relocation entries for that the module.
676 *
677 * For sections that are merged across modules there must not be any
678 * remaining external relocation entries for them (for merged sections
679 * remaining relocation entries must be local).
680 */
681 unsigned long extreloff; /* offset to external relocation entries */
682 unsigned long nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
683
684 /*
685 * All the local relocation entries are grouped together (they are not
686 * grouped by their module since they are only used if the object is moved
687 * from it staticly link edited address).
688 */
689 unsigned long locreloff; /* offset to local relocation entries */
690 unsigned long nlocrel; /* number of local relocation entries */
691
692};
693
694/*
695 * An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into the symbol table
696 * to the symbol that the pointer or stub is refering to. Unless it is for a
697 * non-lazy symbol pointer section for a defined symbol which strip(1) as
698 * removed. In which case it has the value INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL. If the
699 * symbol was also absolute INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS is or'ed with that.
700 */
701#define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL 0x80000000
702#define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS 0x40000000
703
704
705/* a table of contents entry */
706struct dylib_table_of_contents {
707 unsigned long symbol_index; /* the defined external symbol
708 (index into the symbol table) */
709 unsigned long module_index; /* index into the module table this symbol
710 is defined in */
711};
712
713/* a module table entry */
714struct dylib_module {
715 unsigned long module_name; /* the module name (index into string table) */
716
717 unsigned long iextdefsym; /* index into externally defined symbols */
718 unsigned long nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
719 unsigned long irefsym; /* index into reference symbol table */
720 unsigned long nrefsym; /* number of reference symbol table entries */
721 unsigned long ilocalsym; /* index into symbols for local symbols */
722 unsigned long nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
723
724 unsigned long iextrel; /* index into external relocation entries */
725 unsigned long nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
726
727 unsigned long iinit; /* index into the init section */
728 unsigned long ninit; /* number of init section entries */
729
730 unsigned long /* for this module address of the start of */
731 objc_module_info_addr; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
732 unsigned long /* for this module size of */
733 objc_module_info_size; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
734};
735
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736/* a 64-bit module table entry */
737struct dylib_module_64 {
738 uint32_t module_name; /* the module name (index into string table) */
739
740 uint32_t iextdefsym; /* index into externally defined symbols */
741 uint32_t nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
742 uint32_t irefsym; /* index into reference symbol table */
743 uint32_t nrefsym; /* number of reference symbol table entries */
744 uint32_t ilocalsym; /* index into symbols for local symbols */
745 uint32_t nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
746
747 uint32_t iextrel; /* index into external relocation entries */
748 uint32_t nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
749
750 uint32_t iinit_iterm; /* low 16 bits are the index into the init
751 section, high 16 bits are the index into
752 the term section */
753 uint32_t ninit_nterm; /* low 16 bits are the number of init section
754 entries, high 16 bits are the number of
755 term section entries */
756
757 uint32_t /* for this module size of the */
758 objc_module_info_size; /* (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
759 uint64_t /* for this module address of the start of */
760 objc_module_info_addr; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
761};
762
763
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764/*
765 * The entries in the reference symbol table are used when loading the module
766 * (both by the static and dynamic link editors) and if the module is unloaded
767 * or replaced. Therefore all external symbols (defined and undefined) are
768 * listed in the module's reference table. The flags describe the type of
769 * reference that is being made. The constants for the flags are defined in
770 * <mach-o/nlist.h> as they are also used for symbol table entries.
771 */
772struct dylib_reference {
773 unsigned long isym:24, /* index into the symbol table */
774 flags:8; /* flags to indicate the type of reference */
775};
776
777/*
778 * The symseg_command contains the offset and size of the GNU style
779 * symbol table information as described in the header file <symseg.h>.
780 * The symbol roots of the symbol segments must also be aligned properly
781 * in the file. So the requirement of keeping the offsets aligned to a
782 * multiple of a sizeof(long) translates to the length field of the symbol
783 * roots also being a multiple of a long. Also the padding must again be
784 * zeroed. (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
785 */
786struct symseg_command {
787 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SYMSEG */
788 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct symseg_command) */
789 unsigned long offset; /* symbol segment offset */
790 unsigned long size; /* symbol segment size in bytes */
791};
792
793/*
794 * The ident_command contains a free format string table following the
795 * ident_command structure. The strings are null terminated and the size of
796 * the command is padded out with zero bytes to a multiple of sizeof(long).
797 * (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
798 */
799struct ident_command {
800 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_IDENT */
801 unsigned long cmdsize; /* strings that follow this command */
802};
803
804/*
805 * The fvmfile_command contains a reference to a file to be loaded at the
806 * specified virtual address. (Presently, this command is reserved for NeXT
807 * internal use. The kernel ignores this command when loading a program into
808 * memory).
809 */
810struct fvmfile_command {
811 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_FVMFILE */
812 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
813 union lc_str name; /* files pathname */
814 unsigned long header_addr; /* files virtual address */
815};
816
55e303ae 817#endif /* _MACHO_LOADER_H_ */