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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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6 * This file contains Original Code and/or Modifications of Original Code
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8 * Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You may not use this file except in
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10 * http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/ and read it before using this
11 * file.
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18 * Please see the License for the specific language governing rights and
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20 *
21 * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_END@
22 */
23#ifndef _MACHO_LOADER_H_
24#define _MACHO_LOADER_H_
25
26/*
27 * This file describes the format of mach object files.
28 */
29
30/*
31 * <mach/machine.h> is needed here for the cpu_type_t and cpu_subtype_t types
32 * and contains the constants for the possible values of these types.
33 */
34#include <mach/machine.h>
35
36/*
37 * <mach/vm_prot.h> is needed here for the vm_prot_t type and contains the
38 * constants that are or'ed together for the possible values of this type.
39 */
40#include <mach/vm_prot.h>
41
42/*
43 * <machine/thread_status.h> is expected to define the flavors of the thread
44 * states and the structures of those flavors for each machine.
45 */
46#include <mach/machine/thread_status.h>
47#include <architecture/byte_order.h>
48
49/*
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50 * The mach header appears at the very beginning of the object file; it
51 * is the same for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
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52 */
53struct mach_header {
91447636 54 uint32_t magic; /* mach magic number identifier */
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55 cpu_type_t cputype; /* cpu specifier */
56 cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype; /* machine specifier */
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57 uint32_t filetype; /* type of file */
58 uint32_t ncmds; /* number of load commands */
59 uint32_t sizeofcmds; /* the size of all the load commands */
60 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
61};
62
63/*
64 * The 64-bit mach header appears at the very beginning of object files for
65 * 64-bit architectures.
66 */
67struct mach_header_64 {
68 uint32_t magic; /* mach magic number identifier */
69 cpu_type_t cputype; /* cpu specifier */
70 cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype; /* machine specifier */
71 uint32_t filetype; /* type of file */
72 uint32_t ncmds; /* number of load commands */
73 uint32_t sizeofcmds; /* the size of all the load commands */
74 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
75 uint32_t reserved; /* reserved */
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76};
77
91447636 78/* Constant for the magic field of the mach_header (32-bit architectures) */
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79#define MH_MAGIC 0xfeedface /* the mach magic number */
80#define MH_CIGAM NXSwapInt(MH_MAGIC)
81
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82/* Constant for the magic field of the mach_header_64 (64-bit architectures) */
83#define MH_MAGIC_64 0xfeedfacf /* the 64-bit mach magic number */
84#define MH_CIGAM_64 NXSwapInt(MH_MAGIC_64)
85
86/* Constants for the cmd field of new load commands, the type */
87#define LC_SEGMENT_64 0x19 /* 64-bit segment of this file to be mapped */
88#define LC_ROUTINES_64 0x1a /* 64-bit image routines */
89
90
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91/*
92 * The layout of the file depends on the filetype. For all but the MH_OBJECT
93 * file type the segments are padded out and aligned on a segment alignment
94 * boundary for efficient demand pageing. The MH_EXECUTE, MH_FVMLIB, MH_DYLIB,
95 * MH_DYLINKER and MH_BUNDLE file types also have the headers included as part
96 * of their first segment.
97 *
98 * The file type MH_OBJECT is a compact format intended as output of the
99 * assembler and input (and possibly output) of the link editor (the .o
100 * format). All sections are in one unnamed segment with no segment padding.
101 * This format is used as an executable format when the file is so small the
102 * segment padding greatly increases it's size.
103 *
104 * The file type MH_PRELOAD is an executable format intended for things that
105 * not executed under the kernel (proms, stand alones, kernels, etc). The
106 * format can be executed under the kernel but may demand paged it and not
107 * preload it before execution.
108 *
109 * A core file is in MH_CORE format and can be any in an arbritray legal
110 * Mach-O file.
111 *
112 * Constants for the filetype field of the mach_header
113 */
114#define MH_OBJECT 0x1 /* relocatable object file */
115#define MH_EXECUTE 0x2 /* demand paged executable file */
116#define MH_FVMLIB 0x3 /* fixed VM shared library file */
117#define MH_CORE 0x4 /* core file */
118#define MH_PRELOAD 0x5 /* preloaded executable file */
119#define MH_DYLIB 0x6 /* dynamicly bound shared library file*/
120#define MH_DYLINKER 0x7 /* dynamic link editor */
121#define MH_BUNDLE 0x8 /* dynamicly bound bundle file */
122
123/* Constants for the flags field of the mach_header */
124#define MH_NOUNDEFS 0x1 /* the object file has no undefined
125 references, can be executed */
126#define MH_INCRLINK 0x2 /* the object file is the output of an
127 incremental link against a base file
128 and can't be link edited again */
129#define MH_DYLDLINK 0x4 /* the object file is input for the
130 dynamic linker and can't be staticly
131 link edited again */
132#define MH_BINDATLOAD 0x8 /* the object file's undefined
133 references are bound by the dynamic
134 linker when loaded. */
135#define MH_PREBOUND 0x10 /* the file has it's dynamic undefined
136 references prebound. */
137
138/*
139 * The load commands directly follow the mach_header. The total size of all
140 * of the commands is given by the sizeofcmds field in the mach_header. All
141 * load commands must have as their first two fields cmd and cmdsize. The cmd
142 * field is filled in with a constant for that command type. Each command type
143 * has a structure specifically for it. The cmdsize field is the size in bytes
144 * of the particular load command structure plus anything that follows it that
145 * is a part of the load command (i.e. section structures, strings, etc.). To
146 * advance to the next load command the cmdsize can be added to the offset or
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147 * pointer of the current load command. The cmdsize for 32-bit architectures
148 * MUST be a multiple of 4 bytes and for 64-bit architectures MUST be a multiple
149 * of 8 bytes (these are forever the maximum alignment of any load commands).
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150 * sizeof(long) (this is forever the maximum alignment of any load commands).
151 * The padded bytes must be zero. All tables in the object file must also
152 * follow these rules so the file can be memory mapped. Otherwise the pointers
153 * to these tables will not work well or at all on some machines. With all
154 * padding zeroed like objects will compare byte for byte.
155 */
156struct load_command {
157 unsigned long cmd; /* type of load command */
158 unsigned long cmdsize; /* total size of command in bytes */
159};
160
161/* Constants for the cmd field of all load commands, the type */
162#define LC_SEGMENT 0x1 /* segment of this file to be mapped */
163#define LC_SYMTAB 0x2 /* link-edit stab symbol table info */
164#define LC_SYMSEG 0x3 /* link-edit gdb symbol table info (obsolete) */
165#define LC_THREAD 0x4 /* thread */
166#define LC_UNIXTHREAD 0x5 /* unix thread (includes a stack) */
167#define LC_LOADFVMLIB 0x6 /* load a specified fixed VM shared library */
168#define LC_IDFVMLIB 0x7 /* fixed VM shared library identification */
169#define LC_IDENT 0x8 /* object identification info (obsolete) */
170#define LC_FVMFILE 0x9 /* fixed VM file inclusion (internal use) */
171#define LC_PREPAGE 0xa /* prepage command (internal use) */
172#define LC_DYSYMTAB 0xb /* dynamic link-edit symbol table info */
173#define LC_LOAD_DYLIB 0xc /* load a dynamicly linked shared library */
174#define LC_ID_DYLIB 0xd /* dynamicly linked shared lib identification */
175#define LC_LOAD_DYLINKER 0xe /* load a dynamic linker */
176#define LC_ID_DYLINKER 0xf /* dynamic linker identification */
177#define LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB 0x10 /* modules prebound for a dynamicly */
178 /* linked shared library */
179
180/*
181 * A variable length string in a load command is represented by an lc_str
182 * union. The strings are stored just after the load command structure and
183 * the offset is from the start of the load command structure. The size
184 * of the string is reflected in the cmdsize field of the load command.
185 * Once again any padded bytes to bring the cmdsize field to a multiple
186 * of sizeof(long) must be zero.
187 */
188union lc_str {
189 unsigned long offset; /* offset to the string */
190 char *ptr; /* pointer to the string */
191};
192
193/*
194 * The segment load command indicates that a part of this file is to be
195 * mapped into the task's address space. The size of this segment in memory,
196 * vmsize, maybe equal to or larger than the amount to map from this file,
197 * filesize. The file is mapped starting at fileoff to the beginning of
198 * the segment in memory, vmaddr. The rest of the memory of the segment,
199 * if any, is allocated zero fill on demand. The segment's maximum virtual
200 * memory protection and initial virtual memory protection are specified
201 * by the maxprot and initprot fields. If the segment has sections then the
202 * section structures directly follow the segment command and their size is
203 * reflected in cmdsize.
204 */
91447636 205struct segment_command { /* for 32-bit architectures */
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206 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SEGMENT */
207 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes sizeof section structs */
208 char segname[16]; /* segment name */
209 unsigned long vmaddr; /* memory address of this segment */
210 unsigned long vmsize; /* memory size of this segment */
211 unsigned long fileoff; /* file offset of this segment */
212 unsigned long filesize; /* amount to map from the file */
213 vm_prot_t maxprot; /* maximum VM protection */
214 vm_prot_t initprot; /* initial VM protection */
215 unsigned long nsects; /* number of sections in segment */
216 unsigned long flags; /* flags */
217};
218
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219/*
220 * The 64-bit segment load command indicates that a part of this file is to be
221 * mapped into a 64-bit task's address space. If the 64-bit segment has
222 * sections then section_64 structures directly follow the 64-bit segment
223 * command and their size is reflected in cmdsize.
224 */
225struct segment_command_64 { /* for 64-bit architectures */
226 uint32_t cmd; /* LC_SEGMENT_64 */
227 uint32_t cmdsize; /* includes sizeof section_64 structs */
228 char segname[16]; /* segment name */
229 uint64_t vmaddr; /* memory address of this segment */
230 uint64_t vmsize; /* memory size of this segment */
231 uint64_t fileoff; /* file offset of this segment */
232 uint64_t filesize; /* amount to map from the file */
233 vm_prot_t maxprot; /* maximum VM protection */
234 vm_prot_t initprot; /* initial VM protection */
235 uint32_t nsects; /* number of sections in segment */
236 uint32_t flags; /* flags */
237};
238
239
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240/* Constants for the flags field of the segment_command */
241#define SG_HIGHVM 0x1 /* the file contents for this segment is for
242 the high part of the VM space, the low part
243 is zero filled (for stacks in core files) */
244#define SG_FVMLIB 0x2 /* this segment is the VM that is allocated by
245 a fixed VM library, for overlap checking in
246 the link editor */
247#define SG_NORELOC 0x4 /* this segment has nothing that was relocated
248 in it and nothing relocated to it, that is
249 it maybe safely replaced without relocation*/
250
251/*
252 * A segment is made up of zero or more sections. Non-MH_OBJECT files have
253 * all of their segments with the proper sections in each, and padded to the
254 * specified segment alignment when produced by the link editor. The first
255 * segment of a MH_EXECUTE and MH_FVMLIB format file contains the mach_header
256 * and load commands of the object file before it's first section. The zero
257 * fill sections are always last in their segment (in all formats). This
258 * allows the zeroed segment padding to be mapped into memory where zero fill
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259 * sections might be. The gigabyte zero fill sections, those with the section
260 * type S_GB_ZEROFILL, can only be in a segment with sections of this type.
261 * These segments are then placed after all other segments.
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262 *
263 * The MH_OBJECT format has all of it's sections in one segment for
264 * compactness. There is no padding to a specified segment boundary and the
265 * mach_header and load commands are not part of the segment.
266 *
267 * Sections with the same section name, sectname, going into the same segment,
268 * segname, are combined by the link editor. The resulting section is aligned
269 * to the maximum alignment of the combined sections and is the new section's
270 * alignment. The combined sections are aligned to their original alignment in
271 * the combined section. Any padded bytes to get the specified alignment are
272 * zeroed.
273 *
274 * The format of the relocation entries referenced by the reloff and nreloc
275 * fields of the section structure for mach object files is described in the
276 * header file <reloc.h>.
277 */
91447636 278struct section { /* for 32-bit architectures */
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279 char sectname[16]; /* name of this section */
280 char segname[16]; /* segment this section goes in */
281 unsigned long addr; /* memory address of this section */
282 unsigned long size; /* size in bytes of this section */
283 unsigned long offset; /* file offset of this section */
284 unsigned long align; /* section alignment (power of 2) */
285 unsigned long reloff; /* file offset of relocation entries */
286 unsigned long nreloc; /* number of relocation entries */
287 unsigned long flags; /* flags (section type and attributes)*/
288 unsigned long reserved1; /* reserved */
289 unsigned long reserved2; /* reserved */
290};
291
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292struct section_64 { /* for 64-bit architectures */
293 char sectname[16]; /* name of this section */
294 char segname[16]; /* segment this section goes in */
295 uint64_t addr; /* memory address of this section */
296 uint64_t size; /* size in bytes of this section */
297 uint32_t offset; /* file offset of this section */
298 uint32_t align; /* section alignment (power of 2) */
299 uint32_t reloff; /* file offset of relocation entries */
300 uint32_t nreloc; /* number of relocation entries */
301 uint32_t flags; /* flags (section type and attributes)*/
302 uint32_t reserved1; /* reserved (for offset or index) */
303 uint32_t reserved2; /* reserved (for count or sizeof) */
304 uint32_t reserved3; /* reserved */
305};
306
307
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308/*
309 * The flags field of a section structure is separated into two parts a section
310 * type and section attributes. The section types are mutually exclusive (it
311 * can only have one type) but the section attributes are not (it may have more
312 * than one attribute).
313 */
314#define SECTION_TYPE 0x000000ff /* 256 section types */
315#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES 0xffffff00 /* 24 section attributes */
316
317/* Constants for the type of a section */
318#define S_REGULAR 0x0 /* regular section */
319#define S_ZEROFILL 0x1 /* zero fill on demand section */
320#define S_CSTRING_LITERALS 0x2 /* section with only literal C strings*/
321#define S_4BYTE_LITERALS 0x3 /* section with only 4 byte literals */
322#define S_8BYTE_LITERALS 0x4 /* section with only 8 byte literals */
323#define S_LITERAL_POINTERS 0x5 /* section with only pointers to */
324 /* literals */
325/*
326 * For the two types of symbol pointers sections and the symbol stubs section
327 * they have indirect symbol table entries. For each of the entries in the
328 * section the indirect symbol table entries, in corresponding order in the
329 * indirect symbol table, start at the index stored in the reserved1 field
330 * of the section structure. Since the indirect symbol table entries
331 * correspond to the entries in the section the number of indirect symbol table
332 * entries is inferred from the size of the section divided by the size of the
333 * entries in the section. For symbol pointers sections the size of the entries
334 * in the section is 4 bytes and for symbol stubs sections the byte size of the
335 * stubs is stored in the reserved2 field of the section structure.
336 */
337#define S_NON_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x6 /* section with only non-lazy
338 symbol pointers */
339#define S_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x7 /* section with only lazy symbol
340 pointers */
341#define S_SYMBOL_STUBS 0x8 /* section with only symbol
342 stubs, byte size of stub in
343 the reserved2 field */
344#define S_MOD_INIT_FUNC_POINTERS 0x9 /* section with only function
345 pointers for initialization*/
346/*
347 * Constants for the section attributes part of the flags field of a section
348 * structure.
349 */
350#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_USR 0xff000000 /* User setable attributes */
351#define S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS 0x80000000 /* section contains only true
352 machine instructions */
353#define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_SYS 0x00ffff00 /* system setable attributes */
354#define S_ATTR_SOME_INSTRUCTIONS 0x00000400 /* section contains some
355 machine instructions */
356#define S_ATTR_EXT_RELOC 0x00000200 /* section has external
357 relocation entries */
358#define S_ATTR_LOC_RELOC 0x00000100 /* section has local
359 relocation entries */
360
361
362/*
363 * The names of segments and sections in them are mostly meaningless to the
364 * link-editor. But there are few things to support traditional UNIX
365 * executables that require the link-editor and assembler to use some names
366 * agreed upon by convention.
367 *
368 * The initial protection of the "__TEXT" segment has write protection turned
369 * off (not writeable).
370 *
371 * The link-editor will allocate common symbols at the end of the "__common"
372 * section in the "__DATA" segment. It will create the section and segment
373 * if needed.
374 */
375
376/* The currently known segment names and the section names in those segments */
377
378#define SEG_PAGEZERO "__PAGEZERO" /* the pagezero segment which has no */
379 /* protections and catches NULL */
380 /* references for MH_EXECUTE files */
381
382
383#define SEG_TEXT "__TEXT" /* the tradition UNIX text segment */
384#define SECT_TEXT "__text" /* the real text part of the text */
385 /* section no headers, and no padding */
386#define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT0 "__fvmlib_init0" /* the fvmlib initialization */
387 /* section */
388#define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT1 "__fvmlib_init1" /* the section following the */
389 /* fvmlib initialization */
390 /* section */
391
392#define SEG_DATA "__DATA" /* the tradition UNIX data segment */
393#define SECT_DATA "__data" /* the real initialized data section */
394 /* no padding, no bss overlap */
395#define SECT_BSS "__bss" /* the real uninitialized data section*/
396 /* no padding */
397#define SECT_COMMON "__common" /* the section common symbols are */
398 /* allocated in by the link editor */
399
400#define SEG_OBJC "__OBJC" /* objective-C runtime segment */
401#define SECT_OBJC_SYMBOLS "__symbol_table" /* symbol table */
402#define SECT_OBJC_MODULES "__module_info" /* module information */
403#define SECT_OBJC_STRINGS "__selector_strs" /* string table */
404#define SECT_OBJC_REFS "__selector_refs" /* string table */
405
406#define SEG_ICON "__ICON" /* the NeXT icon segment */
407#define SECT_ICON_HEADER "__header" /* the icon headers */
408#define SECT_ICON_TIFF "__tiff" /* the icons in tiff format */
409
410#define SEG_LINKEDIT "__LINKEDIT" /* the segment containing all structs */
411 /* created and maintained by the link */
412 /* editor. Created with -seglinkedit */
413 /* option to ld(1) for MH_EXECUTE and */
414 /* FVMLIB file types only */
415
416#define SEG_UNIXSTACK "__UNIXSTACK" /* the unix stack segment */
417
418/*
419 * Fixed virtual memory shared libraries are identified by two things. The
420 * target pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
421 * minor version number. The address of where the headers are loaded is in
422 * header_addr.
423 */
424struct fvmlib {
425 union lc_str name; /* library's target pathname */
426 unsigned long minor_version; /* library's minor version number */
427 unsigned long header_addr; /* library's header address */
428};
429
430/*
431 * A fixed virtual shared library (filetype == MH_FVMLIB in the mach header)
432 * contains a fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_IDFVMLIB) to identify the library.
433 * An object that uses a fixed virtual shared library also contains a
434 * fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_LOADFVMLIB) for each library it uses.
435 */
436struct fvmlib_command {
437 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_IDFVMLIB or LC_LOADFVMLIB */
438 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
439 struct fvmlib fvmlib; /* the library identification */
440};
441
442/*
443 * Dynamicly linked shared libraries are identified by two things. The
444 * pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
445 * compatibility version number. The pathname must match and the compatibility
446 * number in the user of the library must be greater than or equal to the
447 * library being used. The time stamp is used to record the time a library was
448 * built and copied into user so it can be use to determined if the library used
449 * at runtime is exactly the same as used to built the program.
450 */
451struct dylib {
452 union lc_str name; /* library's path name */
453 unsigned long timestamp; /* library's build time stamp */
454 unsigned long current_version; /* library's current version number */
455 unsigned long compatibility_version;/* library's compatibility vers number*/
456};
457
458/*
459 * A dynamicly linked shared library (filetype == MH_DYLIB in the mach header)
460 * contains a dylib_command (cmd == LC_ID_DYLIB) to identify the library.
461 * An object that uses a dynamicly linked shared library also contains a
462 * dylib_command (cmd == LC_LOAD_DYLIB) for each library it uses.
463 */
464struct dylib_command {
465 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_ID_DYLIB or LC_LOAD_DYLIB */
466 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
467 struct dylib dylib; /* the library identification */
468};
469
470/*
471 * A program (filetype == MH_EXECUTE) or bundle (filetype == MH_BUNDLE) that is
472 * prebound to it's dynamic libraries has one of these for each library that
473 * the static linker used in prebinding. It contains a bit vector for the
474 * modules in the library. The bits indicate which modules are bound (1) and
475 * which are not (0) from the library. The bit for module 0 is the low bit
476 * of the first byte. So the bit for the Nth module is:
477 * (linked_modules[N/8] >> N%8) & 1
478 */
479struct prebound_dylib_command {
480 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB */
481 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes strings */
482 union lc_str name; /* library's path name */
483 unsigned long nmodules; /* number of modules in library */
484 union lc_str linked_modules; /* bit vector of linked modules */
485};
486
487/*
488 * A program that uses a dynamic linker contains a dylinker_command to identify
489 * the name of the dynamic linker (LC_LOAD_DYLINKER). And a dynamic linker
490 * contains a dylinker_command to identify the dynamic linker (LC_ID_DYLINKER).
491 * A file can have at most one of these.
492 */
493struct dylinker_command {
494 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_ID_DYLINKER or LC_LOAD_DYLINKER */
495 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
496 union lc_str name; /* dynamic linker's path name */
497};
498
499/*
500 * Thread commands contain machine-specific data structures suitable for
501 * use in the thread state primitives. The machine specific data structures
502 * follow the struct thread_command as follows.
503 * Each flavor of machine specific data structure is preceded by an unsigned
504 * long constant for the flavor of that data structure, an unsigned long
505 * that is the count of longs of the size of the state data structure and then
506 * the state data structure follows. This triple may be repeated for many
507 * flavors. The constants for the flavors, counts and state data structure
508 * definitions are expected to be in the header file <machine/thread_status.h>.
509 * These machine specific data structures sizes must be multiples of
510 * sizeof(long). The cmdsize reflects the total size of the thread_command
511 * and all of the sizes of the constants for the flavors, counts and state
512 * data structures.
513 *
514 * For executable objects that are unix processes there will be one
515 * thread_command (cmd == LC_UNIXTHREAD) created for it by the link-editor.
516 * This is the same as a LC_THREAD, except that a stack is automatically
517 * created (based on the shell's limit for the stack size). Command arguments
518 * and environment variables are copied onto that stack.
519 */
520struct thread_command {
521 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_THREAD or LC_UNIXTHREAD */
522 unsigned long cmdsize; /* total size of this command */
523 /* unsigned long flavor flavor of thread state */
524 /* unsigned long count count of longs in thread state */
525 /* struct XXX_thread_state state thread state for this flavor */
526 /* ... */
527};
528
529/*
530 * The symtab_command contains the offsets and sizes of the link-edit 4.3BSD
531 * "stab" style symbol table information as described in the header files
532 * <nlist.h> and <stab.h>.
533 */
534struct symtab_command {
535 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SYMTAB */
536 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct symtab_command) */
537 unsigned long symoff; /* symbol table offset */
538 unsigned long nsyms; /* number of symbol table entries */
539 unsigned long stroff; /* string table offset */
540 unsigned long strsize; /* string table size in bytes */
541};
542
543/*
544 * This is the second set of the symbolic information which is used to support
545 * the data structures for the dynamicly link editor.
546 *
547 * The original set of symbolic information in the symtab_command which contains
548 * the symbol and string tables must also be present when this load command is
549 * present. When this load command is present the symbol table is organized
550 * into three groups of symbols:
551 * local symbols (static and debugging symbols) - grouped by module
552 * defined external symbols - grouped by module (sorted by name if not lib)
553 * undefined external symbols (sorted by name)
554 * In this load command there are offsets and counts to each of the three groups
555 * of symbols.
556 *
557 * This load command contains a the offsets and sizes of the following new
558 * symbolic information tables:
559 * table of contents
560 * module table
561 * reference symbol table
562 * indirect symbol table
563 * The first three tables above (the table of contents, module table and
564 * reference symbol table) are only present if the file is a dynamicly linked
565 * shared library. For executable and object modules, which are files
566 * containing only one module, the information that would be in these three
567 * tables is determined as follows:
568 * table of contents - the defined external symbols are sorted by name
569 * module table - the file contains only one module so everything in the
570 * file is part of the module.
571 * reference symbol table - is the defined and undefined external symbols
572 *
573 * For dynamicly linked shared library files this load command also contains
574 * offsets and sizes to the pool of relocation entries for all sections
575 * separated into two groups:
576 * external relocation entries
577 * local relocation entries
578 * For executable and object modules the relocation entries continue to hang
579 * off the section structures.
580 */
581struct dysymtab_command {
582 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_DYSYMTAB */
583 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct dysymtab_command) */
584
585 /*
586 * The symbols indicated by symoff and nsyms of the LC_SYMTAB load command
587 * are grouped into the following three groups:
588 * local symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
589 * defined external symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
590 * undefined symbols
591 *
592 * The local symbols are used only for debugging. The dynamic binding
593 * process may have to use them to indicate to the debugger the local
594 * symbols for a module that is being bound.
595 *
596 * The last two groups are used by the dynamic binding process to do the
597 * binding (indirectly through the module table and the reference symbol
598 * table when this is a dynamicly linked shared library file).
599 */
600 unsigned long ilocalsym; /* index to local symbols */
601 unsigned long nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
602
603 unsigned long iextdefsym; /* index to externally defined symbols */
604 unsigned long nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
605
606 unsigned long iundefsym; /* index to undefined symbols */
607 unsigned long nundefsym; /* number of undefined symbols */
608
609 /*
610 * For the for the dynamic binding process to find which module a symbol
611 * is defined in the table of contents is used (analogous to the ranlib
612 * structure in an archive) which maps defined external symbols to modules
613 * they are defined in. This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared
614 * library file. For executable and object modules the defined external
615 * symbols are sorted by name and is use as the table of contents.
616 */
617 unsigned long tocoff; /* file offset to table of contents */
618 unsigned long ntoc; /* number of entries in table of contents */
619
620 /*
621 * To support dynamic binding of "modules" (whole object files) the symbol
622 * table must reflect the modules that the file was created from. This is
623 * done by having a module table that has indexes and counts into the merged
624 * tables for each module. The module structure that these two entries
625 * refer to is described below. This exists only in a dynamicly linked
626 * shared library file. For executable and object modules the file only
627 * contains one module so everything in the file belongs to the module.
628 */
629 unsigned long modtaboff; /* file offset to module table */
630 unsigned long nmodtab; /* number of module table entries */
631
632 /*
633 * To support dynamic module binding the module structure for each module
634 * indicates the external references (defined and undefined) each module
635 * makes. For each module there is an offset and a count into the
636 * reference symbol table for the symbols that the module references.
637 * This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared library file. For
638 * executable and object modules the defined external symbols and the
639 * undefined external symbols indicates the external references.
640 */
641 unsigned long extrefsymoff; /* offset to referenced symbol table */
642 unsigned long nextrefsyms; /* number of referenced symbol table entries */
643
644 /*
645 * The sections that contain "symbol pointers" and "routine stubs" have
646 * indexes and (implied counts based on the size of the section and fixed
647 * size of the entry) into the "indirect symbol" table for each pointer
648 * and stub. For every section of these two types the index into the
649 * indirect symbol table is stored in the section header in the field
650 * reserved1. An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into
651 * the symbol table to the symbol that the pointer or stub is referring to.
652 * The indirect symbol table is ordered to match the entries in the section.
653 */
654 unsigned long indirectsymoff; /* file offset to the indirect symbol table */
655 unsigned long nindirectsyms; /* number of indirect symbol table entries */
656
657 /*
658 * To support relocating an individual module in a library file quickly the
659 * external relocation entries for each module in the library need to be
660 * accessed efficiently. Since the relocation entries can't be accessed
661 * through the section headers for a library file they are separated into
662 * groups of local and external entries further grouped by module. In this
663 * case the presents of this load command who's extreloff, nextrel,
664 * locreloff and nlocrel fields are non-zero indicates that the relocation
665 * entries of non-merged sections are not referenced through the section
666 * structures (and the reloff and nreloc fields in the section headers are
667 * set to zero).
668 *
669 * Since the relocation entries are not accessed through the section headers
670 * this requires the r_address field to be something other than a section
671 * offset to identify the item to be relocated. In this case r_address is
672 * set to the offset from the vmaddr of the first LC_SEGMENT command.
673 *
674 * The relocation entries are grouped by module and the module table
675 * entries have indexes and counts into them for the group of external
676 * relocation entries for that the module.
677 *
678 * For sections that are merged across modules there must not be any
679 * remaining external relocation entries for them (for merged sections
680 * remaining relocation entries must be local).
681 */
682 unsigned long extreloff; /* offset to external relocation entries */
683 unsigned long nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
684
685 /*
686 * All the local relocation entries are grouped together (they are not
687 * grouped by their module since they are only used if the object is moved
688 * from it staticly link edited address).
689 */
690 unsigned long locreloff; /* offset to local relocation entries */
691 unsigned long nlocrel; /* number of local relocation entries */
692
693};
694
695/*
696 * An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into the symbol table
697 * to the symbol that the pointer or stub is refering to. Unless it is for a
698 * non-lazy symbol pointer section for a defined symbol which strip(1) as
699 * removed. In which case it has the value INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL. If the
700 * symbol was also absolute INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS is or'ed with that.
701 */
702#define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL 0x80000000
703#define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS 0x40000000
704
705
706/* a table of contents entry */
707struct dylib_table_of_contents {
708 unsigned long symbol_index; /* the defined external symbol
709 (index into the symbol table) */
710 unsigned long module_index; /* index into the module table this symbol
711 is defined in */
712};
713
714/* a module table entry */
715struct dylib_module {
716 unsigned long module_name; /* the module name (index into string table) */
717
718 unsigned long iextdefsym; /* index into externally defined symbols */
719 unsigned long nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
720 unsigned long irefsym; /* index into reference symbol table */
721 unsigned long nrefsym; /* number of reference symbol table entries */
722 unsigned long ilocalsym; /* index into symbols for local symbols */
723 unsigned long nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
724
725 unsigned long iextrel; /* index into external relocation entries */
726 unsigned long nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
727
728 unsigned long iinit; /* index into the init section */
729 unsigned long ninit; /* number of init section entries */
730
731 unsigned long /* for this module address of the start of */
732 objc_module_info_addr; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
733 unsigned long /* for this module size of */
734 objc_module_info_size; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
735};
736
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737/* a 64-bit module table entry */
738struct dylib_module_64 {
739 uint32_t module_name; /* the module name (index into string table) */
740
741 uint32_t iextdefsym; /* index into externally defined symbols */
742 uint32_t nextdefsym; /* number of externally defined symbols */
743 uint32_t irefsym; /* index into reference symbol table */
744 uint32_t nrefsym; /* number of reference symbol table entries */
745 uint32_t ilocalsym; /* index into symbols for local symbols */
746 uint32_t nlocalsym; /* number of local symbols */
747
748 uint32_t iextrel; /* index into external relocation entries */
749 uint32_t nextrel; /* number of external relocation entries */
750
751 uint32_t iinit_iterm; /* low 16 bits are the index into the init
752 section, high 16 bits are the index into
753 the term section */
754 uint32_t ninit_nterm; /* low 16 bits are the number of init section
755 entries, high 16 bits are the number of
756 term section entries */
757
758 uint32_t /* for this module size of the */
759 objc_module_info_size; /* (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
760 uint64_t /* for this module address of the start of */
761 objc_module_info_addr; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
762};
763
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765/*
766 * The entries in the reference symbol table are used when loading the module
767 * (both by the static and dynamic link editors) and if the module is unloaded
768 * or replaced. Therefore all external symbols (defined and undefined) are
769 * listed in the module's reference table. The flags describe the type of
770 * reference that is being made. The constants for the flags are defined in
771 * <mach-o/nlist.h> as they are also used for symbol table entries.
772 */
773struct dylib_reference {
774 unsigned long isym:24, /* index into the symbol table */
775 flags:8; /* flags to indicate the type of reference */
776};
777
778/*
779 * The symseg_command contains the offset and size of the GNU style
780 * symbol table information as described in the header file <symseg.h>.
781 * The symbol roots of the symbol segments must also be aligned properly
782 * in the file. So the requirement of keeping the offsets aligned to a
783 * multiple of a sizeof(long) translates to the length field of the symbol
784 * roots also being a multiple of a long. Also the padding must again be
785 * zeroed. (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
786 */
787struct symseg_command {
788 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_SYMSEG */
789 unsigned long cmdsize; /* sizeof(struct symseg_command) */
790 unsigned long offset; /* symbol segment offset */
791 unsigned long size; /* symbol segment size in bytes */
792};
793
794/*
795 * The ident_command contains a free format string table following the
796 * ident_command structure. The strings are null terminated and the size of
797 * the command is padded out with zero bytes to a multiple of sizeof(long).
798 * (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
799 */
800struct ident_command {
801 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_IDENT */
802 unsigned long cmdsize; /* strings that follow this command */
803};
804
805/*
806 * The fvmfile_command contains a reference to a file to be loaded at the
807 * specified virtual address. (Presently, this command is reserved for NeXT
808 * internal use. The kernel ignores this command when loading a program into
809 * memory).
810 */
811struct fvmfile_command {
812 unsigned long cmd; /* LC_FVMFILE */
813 unsigned long cmdsize; /* includes pathname string */
814 union lc_str name; /* files pathname */
815 unsigned long header_addr; /* files virtual address */
816};
817
55e303ae 818#endif /* _MACHO_LOADER_H_ */