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