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22 #ifndef _MACHO_LOADER_H_
23 #define _MACHO_LOADER_H_
26 * This file describes the format of mach object files.
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.
33 #include <mach/machine.h>
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.
39 #include <mach/vm_prot.h>
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.
45 #include <mach/machine/thread_status.h>
48 * The mach header appears at the very beginning of the object file.
51 unsigned long magic
; /* mach magic number identifier */
52 cpu_type_t cputype
; /* cpu specifier */
53 cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype
; /* machine specifier */
54 unsigned long filetype
; /* type of file */
55 unsigned long ncmds
; /* number of load commands */
56 unsigned long sizeofcmds
; /* the size of all the load commands */
57 unsigned long flags
; /* flags */
60 /* Constant for the magic field of the mach_header */
61 #define MH_MAGIC 0xfeedface /* the mach magic number */
62 #define MH_CIGAM NXSwapInt(MH_MAGIC)
65 * The layout of the file depends on the filetype. For all but the MH_OBJECT
66 * file type the segments are padded out and aligned on a segment alignment
67 * boundary for efficient demand pageing. The MH_EXECUTE, MH_FVMLIB, MH_DYLIB,
68 * MH_DYLINKER and MH_BUNDLE file types also have the headers included as part
69 * of their first segment.
71 * The file type MH_OBJECT is a compact format intended as output of the
72 * assembler and input (and possibly output) of the link editor (the .o
73 * format). All sections are in one unnamed segment with no segment padding.
74 * This format is used as an executable format when the file is so small the
75 * segment padding greatly increases it's size.
77 * The file type MH_PRELOAD is an executable format intended for things that
78 * not executed under the kernel (proms, stand alones, kernels, etc). The
79 * format can be executed under the kernel but may demand paged it and not
80 * preload it before execution.
82 * A core file is in MH_CORE format and can be any in an arbritray legal
85 * Constants for the filetype field of the mach_header
87 #define MH_OBJECT 0x1 /* relocatable object file */
88 #define MH_EXECUTE 0x2 /* demand paged executable file */
89 #define MH_FVMLIB 0x3 /* fixed VM shared library file */
90 #define MH_CORE 0x4 /* core file */
91 #define MH_PRELOAD 0x5 /* preloaded executable file */
92 #define MH_DYLIB 0x6 /* dynamicly bound shared library file*/
93 #define MH_DYLINKER 0x7 /* dynamic link editor */
94 #define MH_BUNDLE 0x8 /* dynamicly bound bundle file */
96 /* Constants for the flags field of the mach_header */
97 #define MH_NOUNDEFS 0x1 /* the object file has no undefined
98 references, can be executed */
99 #define MH_INCRLINK 0x2 /* the object file is the output of an
100 incremental link against a base file
101 and can't be link edited again */
102 #define MH_DYLDLINK 0x4 /* the object file is input for the
103 dynamic linker and can't be staticly
105 #define MH_BINDATLOAD 0x8 /* the object file's undefined
106 references are bound by the dynamic
107 linker when loaded. */
108 #define MH_PREBOUND 0x10 /* the file has it's dynamic undefined
109 references prebound. */
112 * The load commands directly follow the mach_header. The total size of all
113 * of the commands is given by the sizeofcmds field in the mach_header. All
114 * load commands must have as their first two fields cmd and cmdsize. The cmd
115 * field is filled in with a constant for that command type. Each command type
116 * has a structure specifically for it. The cmdsize field is the size in bytes
117 * of the particular load command structure plus anything that follows it that
118 * is a part of the load command (i.e. section structures, strings, etc.). To
119 * advance to the next load command the cmdsize can be added to the offset or
120 * pointer of the current load command. The cmdsize MUST be a multiple of
121 * sizeof(long) (this is forever the maximum alignment of any load commands).
122 * The padded bytes must be zero. All tables in the object file must also
123 * follow these rules so the file can be memory mapped. Otherwise the pointers
124 * to these tables will not work well or at all on some machines. With all
125 * padding zeroed like objects will compare byte for byte.
127 struct load_command
{
128 unsigned long cmd
; /* type of load command */
129 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* total size of command in bytes */
132 /* Constants for the cmd field of all load commands, the type */
133 #define LC_SEGMENT 0x1 /* segment of this file to be mapped */
134 #define LC_SYMTAB 0x2 /* link-edit stab symbol table info */
135 #define LC_SYMSEG 0x3 /* link-edit gdb symbol table info (obsolete) */
136 #define LC_THREAD 0x4 /* thread */
137 #define LC_UNIXTHREAD 0x5 /* unix thread (includes a stack) */
138 #define LC_LOADFVMLIB 0x6 /* load a specified fixed VM shared library */
139 #define LC_IDFVMLIB 0x7 /* fixed VM shared library identification */
140 #define LC_IDENT 0x8 /* object identification info (obsolete) */
141 #define LC_FVMFILE 0x9 /* fixed VM file inclusion (internal use) */
142 #define LC_PREPAGE 0xa /* prepage command (internal use) */
143 #define LC_DYSYMTAB 0xb /* dynamic link-edit symbol table info */
144 #define LC_LOAD_DYLIB 0xc /* load a dynamicly linked shared library */
145 #define LC_ID_DYLIB 0xd /* dynamicly linked shared lib identification */
146 #define LC_LOAD_DYLINKER 0xe /* load a dynamic linker */
147 #define LC_ID_DYLINKER 0xf /* dynamic linker identification */
148 #define LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB 0x10 /* modules prebound for a dynamicly */
149 /* linked shared library */
152 * A variable length string in a load command is represented by an lc_str
153 * union. The strings are stored just after the load command structure and
154 * the offset is from the start of the load command structure. The size
155 * of the string is reflected in the cmdsize field of the load command.
156 * Once again any padded bytes to bring the cmdsize field to a multiple
157 * of sizeof(long) must be zero.
160 unsigned long offset
; /* offset to the string */
161 char *ptr
; /* pointer to the string */
165 * The segment load command indicates that a part of this file is to be
166 * mapped into the task's address space. The size of this segment in memory,
167 * vmsize, maybe equal to or larger than the amount to map from this file,
168 * filesize. The file is mapped starting at fileoff to the beginning of
169 * the segment in memory, vmaddr. The rest of the memory of the segment,
170 * if any, is allocated zero fill on demand. The segment's maximum virtual
171 * memory protection and initial virtual memory protection are specified
172 * by the maxprot and initprot fields. If the segment has sections then the
173 * section structures directly follow the segment command and their size is
174 * reflected in cmdsize.
176 struct segment_command
{
177 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_SEGMENT */
178 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes sizeof section structs */
179 char segname
[16]; /* segment name */
180 unsigned long vmaddr
; /* memory address of this segment */
181 unsigned long vmsize
; /* memory size of this segment */
182 unsigned long fileoff
; /* file offset of this segment */
183 unsigned long filesize
; /* amount to map from the file */
184 vm_prot_t maxprot
; /* maximum VM protection */
185 vm_prot_t initprot
; /* initial VM protection */
186 unsigned long nsects
; /* number of sections in segment */
187 unsigned long flags
; /* flags */
190 /* Constants for the flags field of the segment_command */
191 #define SG_HIGHVM 0x1 /* the file contents for this segment is for
192 the high part of the VM space, the low part
193 is zero filled (for stacks in core files) */
194 #define SG_FVMLIB 0x2 /* this segment is the VM that is allocated by
195 a fixed VM library, for overlap checking in
197 #define SG_NORELOC 0x4 /* this segment has nothing that was relocated
198 in it and nothing relocated to it, that is
199 it maybe safely replaced without relocation*/
202 * A segment is made up of zero or more sections. Non-MH_OBJECT files have
203 * all of their segments with the proper sections in each, and padded to the
204 * specified segment alignment when produced by the link editor. The first
205 * segment of a MH_EXECUTE and MH_FVMLIB format file contains the mach_header
206 * and load commands of the object file before it's first section. The zero
207 * fill sections are always last in their segment (in all formats). This
208 * allows the zeroed segment padding to be mapped into memory where zero fill
211 * The MH_OBJECT format has all of it's sections in one segment for
212 * compactness. There is no padding to a specified segment boundary and the
213 * mach_header and load commands are not part of the segment.
215 * Sections with the same section name, sectname, going into the same segment,
216 * segname, are combined by the link editor. The resulting section is aligned
217 * to the maximum alignment of the combined sections and is the new section's
218 * alignment. The combined sections are aligned to their original alignment in
219 * the combined section. Any padded bytes to get the specified alignment are
222 * The format of the relocation entries referenced by the reloff and nreloc
223 * fields of the section structure for mach object files is described in the
224 * header file <reloc.h>.
227 char sectname
[16]; /* name of this section */
228 char segname
[16]; /* segment this section goes in */
229 unsigned long addr
; /* memory address of this section */
230 unsigned long size
; /* size in bytes of this section */
231 unsigned long offset
; /* file offset of this section */
232 unsigned long align
; /* section alignment (power of 2) */
233 unsigned long reloff
; /* file offset of relocation entries */
234 unsigned long nreloc
; /* number of relocation entries */
235 unsigned long flags
; /* flags (section type and attributes)*/
236 unsigned long reserved1
; /* reserved */
237 unsigned long reserved2
; /* reserved */
241 * The flags field of a section structure is separated into two parts a section
242 * type and section attributes. The section types are mutually exclusive (it
243 * can only have one type) but the section attributes are not (it may have more
244 * than one attribute).
246 #define SECTION_TYPE 0x000000ff /* 256 section types */
247 #define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES 0xffffff00 /* 24 section attributes */
249 /* Constants for the type of a section */
250 #define S_REGULAR 0x0 /* regular section */
251 #define S_ZEROFILL 0x1 /* zero fill on demand section */
252 #define S_CSTRING_LITERALS 0x2 /* section with only literal C strings*/
253 #define S_4BYTE_LITERALS 0x3 /* section with only 4 byte literals */
254 #define S_8BYTE_LITERALS 0x4 /* section with only 8 byte literals */
255 #define S_LITERAL_POINTERS 0x5 /* section with only pointers to */
258 * For the two types of symbol pointers sections and the symbol stubs section
259 * they have indirect symbol table entries. For each of the entries in the
260 * section the indirect symbol table entries, in corresponding order in the
261 * indirect symbol table, start at the index stored in the reserved1 field
262 * of the section structure. Since the indirect symbol table entries
263 * correspond to the entries in the section the number of indirect symbol table
264 * entries is inferred from the size of the section divided by the size of the
265 * entries in the section. For symbol pointers sections the size of the entries
266 * in the section is 4 bytes and for symbol stubs sections the byte size of the
267 * stubs is stored in the reserved2 field of the section structure.
269 #define S_NON_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x6 /* section with only non-lazy
271 #define S_LAZY_SYMBOL_POINTERS 0x7 /* section with only lazy symbol
273 #define S_SYMBOL_STUBS 0x8 /* section with only symbol
274 stubs, byte size of stub in
275 the reserved2 field */
276 #define S_MOD_INIT_FUNC_POINTERS 0x9 /* section with only function
277 pointers for initialization*/
279 * Constants for the section attributes part of the flags field of a section
282 #define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_USR 0xff000000 /* User setable attributes */
283 #define S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS 0x80000000 /* section contains only true
284 machine instructions */
285 #define SECTION_ATTRIBUTES_SYS 0x00ffff00 /* system setable attributes */
286 #define S_ATTR_SOME_INSTRUCTIONS 0x00000400 /* section contains some
287 machine instructions */
288 #define S_ATTR_EXT_RELOC 0x00000200 /* section has external
289 relocation entries */
290 #define S_ATTR_LOC_RELOC 0x00000100 /* section has local
291 relocation entries */
295 * The names of segments and sections in them are mostly meaningless to the
296 * link-editor. But there are few things to support traditional UNIX
297 * executables that require the link-editor and assembler to use some names
298 * agreed upon by convention.
300 * The initial protection of the "__TEXT" segment has write protection turned
301 * off (not writeable).
303 * The link-editor will allocate common symbols at the end of the "__common"
304 * section in the "__DATA" segment. It will create the section and segment
308 /* The currently known segment names and the section names in those segments */
310 #define SEG_PAGEZERO "__PAGEZERO" /* the pagezero segment which has no */
311 /* protections and catches NULL */
312 /* references for MH_EXECUTE files */
315 #define SEG_TEXT "__TEXT" /* the tradition UNIX text segment */
316 #define SECT_TEXT "__text" /* the real text part of the text */
317 /* section no headers, and no padding */
318 #define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT0 "__fvmlib_init0" /* the fvmlib initialization */
320 #define SECT_FVMLIB_INIT1 "__fvmlib_init1" /* the section following the */
321 /* fvmlib initialization */
324 #define SEG_DATA "__DATA" /* the tradition UNIX data segment */
325 #define SECT_DATA "__data" /* the real initialized data section */
326 /* no padding, no bss overlap */
327 #define SECT_BSS "__bss" /* the real uninitialized data section*/
329 #define SECT_COMMON "__common" /* the section common symbols are */
330 /* allocated in by the link editor */
332 #define SEG_OBJC "__OBJC" /* objective-C runtime segment */
333 #define SECT_OBJC_SYMBOLS "__symbol_table" /* symbol table */
334 #define SECT_OBJC_MODULES "__module_info" /* module information */
335 #define SECT_OBJC_STRINGS "__selector_strs" /* string table */
336 #define SECT_OBJC_REFS "__selector_refs" /* string table */
338 #define SEG_ICON "__ICON" /* the NeXT icon segment */
339 #define SECT_ICON_HEADER "__header" /* the icon headers */
340 #define SECT_ICON_TIFF "__tiff" /* the icons in tiff format */
342 #define SEG_LINKEDIT "__LINKEDIT" /* the segment containing all structs */
343 /* created and maintained by the link */
344 /* editor. Created with -seglinkedit */
345 /* option to ld(1) for MH_EXECUTE and */
346 /* FVMLIB file types only */
348 #define SEG_UNIXSTACK "__UNIXSTACK" /* the unix stack segment */
351 * Fixed virtual memory shared libraries are identified by two things. The
352 * target pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
353 * minor version number. The address of where the headers are loaded is in
357 union lc_str name
; /* library's target pathname */
358 unsigned long minor_version
; /* library's minor version number */
359 unsigned long header_addr
; /* library's header address */
363 * A fixed virtual shared library (filetype == MH_FVMLIB in the mach header)
364 * contains a fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_IDFVMLIB) to identify the library.
365 * An object that uses a fixed virtual shared library also contains a
366 * fvmlib_command (cmd == LC_LOADFVMLIB) for each library it uses.
368 struct fvmlib_command
{
369 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_IDFVMLIB or LC_LOADFVMLIB */
370 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes pathname string */
371 struct fvmlib fvmlib
; /* the library identification */
375 * Dynamicly linked shared libraries are identified by two things. The
376 * pathname (the name of the library as found for execution), and the
377 * compatibility version number. The pathname must match and the compatibility
378 * number in the user of the library must be greater than or equal to the
379 * library being used. The time stamp is used to record the time a library was
380 * built and copied into user so it can be use to determined if the library used
381 * at runtime is exactly the same as used to built the program.
384 union lc_str name
; /* library's path name */
385 unsigned long timestamp
; /* library's build time stamp */
386 unsigned long current_version
; /* library's current version number */
387 unsigned long compatibility_version
;/* library's compatibility vers number*/
391 * A dynamicly linked shared library (filetype == MH_DYLIB in the mach header)
392 * contains a dylib_command (cmd == LC_ID_DYLIB) to identify the library.
393 * An object that uses a dynamicly linked shared library also contains a
394 * dylib_command (cmd == LC_LOAD_DYLIB) for each library it uses.
396 struct dylib_command
{
397 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_ID_DYLIB or LC_LOAD_DYLIB */
398 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes pathname string */
399 struct dylib dylib
; /* the library identification */
403 * A program (filetype == MH_EXECUTE) or bundle (filetype == MH_BUNDLE) that is
404 * prebound to it's dynamic libraries has one of these for each library that
405 * the static linker used in prebinding. It contains a bit vector for the
406 * modules in the library. The bits indicate which modules are bound (1) and
407 * which are not (0) from the library. The bit for module 0 is the low bit
408 * of the first byte. So the bit for the Nth module is:
409 * (linked_modules[N/8] >> N%8) & 1
411 struct prebound_dylib_command
{
412 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_PREBOUND_DYLIB */
413 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes strings */
414 union lc_str name
; /* library's path name */
415 unsigned long nmodules
; /* number of modules in library */
416 union lc_str linked_modules
; /* bit vector of linked modules */
420 * A program that uses a dynamic linker contains a dylinker_command to identify
421 * the name of the dynamic linker (LC_LOAD_DYLINKER). And a dynamic linker
422 * contains a dylinker_command to identify the dynamic linker (LC_ID_DYLINKER).
423 * A file can have at most one of these.
425 struct dylinker_command
{
426 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_ID_DYLINKER or LC_LOAD_DYLINKER */
427 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes pathname string */
428 union lc_str name
; /* dynamic linker's path name */
432 * Thread commands contain machine-specific data structures suitable for
433 * use in the thread state primitives. The machine specific data structures
434 * follow the struct thread_command as follows.
435 * Each flavor of machine specific data structure is preceded by an unsigned
436 * long constant for the flavor of that data structure, an unsigned long
437 * that is the count of longs of the size of the state data structure and then
438 * the state data structure follows. This triple may be repeated for many
439 * flavors. The constants for the flavors, counts and state data structure
440 * definitions are expected to be in the header file <machine/thread_status.h>.
441 * These machine specific data structures sizes must be multiples of
442 * sizeof(long). The cmdsize reflects the total size of the thread_command
443 * and all of the sizes of the constants for the flavors, counts and state
446 * For executable objects that are unix processes there will be one
447 * thread_command (cmd == LC_UNIXTHREAD) created for it by the link-editor.
448 * This is the same as a LC_THREAD, except that a stack is automatically
449 * created (based on the shell's limit for the stack size). Command arguments
450 * and environment variables are copied onto that stack.
452 struct thread_command
{
453 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_THREAD or LC_UNIXTHREAD */
454 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* total size of this command */
455 /* unsigned long flavor flavor of thread state */
456 /* unsigned long count count of longs in thread state */
457 /* struct XXX_thread_state state thread state for this flavor */
462 * The symtab_command contains the offsets and sizes of the link-edit 4.3BSD
463 * "stab" style symbol table information as described in the header files
464 * <nlist.h> and <stab.h>.
466 struct symtab_command
{
467 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_SYMTAB */
468 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* sizeof(struct symtab_command) */
469 unsigned long symoff
; /* symbol table offset */
470 unsigned long nsyms
; /* number of symbol table entries */
471 unsigned long stroff
; /* string table offset */
472 unsigned long strsize
; /* string table size in bytes */
476 * This is the second set of the symbolic information which is used to support
477 * the data structures for the dynamicly link editor.
479 * The original set of symbolic information in the symtab_command which contains
480 * the symbol and string tables must also be present when this load command is
481 * present. When this load command is present the symbol table is organized
482 * into three groups of symbols:
483 * local symbols (static and debugging symbols) - grouped by module
484 * defined external symbols - grouped by module (sorted by name if not lib)
485 * undefined external symbols (sorted by name)
486 * In this load command there are offsets and counts to each of the three groups
489 * This load command contains a the offsets and sizes of the following new
490 * symbolic information tables:
493 * reference symbol table
494 * indirect symbol table
495 * The first three tables above (the table of contents, module table and
496 * reference symbol table) are only present if the file is a dynamicly linked
497 * shared library. For executable and object modules, which are files
498 * containing only one module, the information that would be in these three
499 * tables is determined as follows:
500 * table of contents - the defined external symbols are sorted by name
501 * module table - the file contains only one module so everything in the
502 * file is part of the module.
503 * reference symbol table - is the defined and undefined external symbols
505 * For dynamicly linked shared library files this load command also contains
506 * offsets and sizes to the pool of relocation entries for all sections
507 * separated into two groups:
508 * external relocation entries
509 * local relocation entries
510 * For executable and object modules the relocation entries continue to hang
511 * off the section structures.
513 struct dysymtab_command
{
514 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_DYSYMTAB */
515 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* sizeof(struct dysymtab_command) */
518 * The symbols indicated by symoff and nsyms of the LC_SYMTAB load command
519 * are grouped into the following three groups:
520 * local symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
521 * defined external symbols (further grouped by the module they are from)
524 * The local symbols are used only for debugging. The dynamic binding
525 * process may have to use them to indicate to the debugger the local
526 * symbols for a module that is being bound.
528 * The last two groups are used by the dynamic binding process to do the
529 * binding (indirectly through the module table and the reference symbol
530 * table when this is a dynamicly linked shared library file).
532 unsigned long ilocalsym
; /* index to local symbols */
533 unsigned long nlocalsym
; /* number of local symbols */
535 unsigned long iextdefsym
; /* index to externally defined symbols */
536 unsigned long nextdefsym
; /* number of externally defined symbols */
538 unsigned long iundefsym
; /* index to undefined symbols */
539 unsigned long nundefsym
; /* number of undefined symbols */
542 * For the for the dynamic binding process to find which module a symbol
543 * is defined in the table of contents is used (analogous to the ranlib
544 * structure in an archive) which maps defined external symbols to modules
545 * they are defined in. This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared
546 * library file. For executable and object modules the defined external
547 * symbols are sorted by name and is use as the table of contents.
549 unsigned long tocoff
; /* file offset to table of contents */
550 unsigned long ntoc
; /* number of entries in table of contents */
553 * To support dynamic binding of "modules" (whole object files) the symbol
554 * table must reflect the modules that the file was created from. This is
555 * done by having a module table that has indexes and counts into the merged
556 * tables for each module. The module structure that these two entries
557 * refer to is described below. This exists only in a dynamicly linked
558 * shared library file. For executable and object modules the file only
559 * contains one module so everything in the file belongs to the module.
561 unsigned long modtaboff
; /* file offset to module table */
562 unsigned long nmodtab
; /* number of module table entries */
565 * To support dynamic module binding the module structure for each module
566 * indicates the external references (defined and undefined) each module
567 * makes. For each module there is an offset and a count into the
568 * reference symbol table for the symbols that the module references.
569 * This exists only in a dynamicly linked shared library file. For
570 * executable and object modules the defined external symbols and the
571 * undefined external symbols indicates the external references.
573 unsigned long extrefsymoff
; /* offset to referenced symbol table */
574 unsigned long nextrefsyms
; /* number of referenced symbol table entries */
577 * The sections that contain "symbol pointers" and "routine stubs" have
578 * indexes and (implied counts based on the size of the section and fixed
579 * size of the entry) into the "indirect symbol" table for each pointer
580 * and stub. For every section of these two types the index into the
581 * indirect symbol table is stored in the section header in the field
582 * reserved1. An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into
583 * the symbol table to the symbol that the pointer or stub is referring to.
584 * The indirect symbol table is ordered to match the entries in the section.
586 unsigned long indirectsymoff
; /* file offset to the indirect symbol table */
587 unsigned long nindirectsyms
; /* number of indirect symbol table entries */
590 * To support relocating an individual module in a library file quickly the
591 * external relocation entries for each module in the library need to be
592 * accessed efficiently. Since the relocation entries can't be accessed
593 * through the section headers for a library file they are separated into
594 * groups of local and external entries further grouped by module. In this
595 * case the presents of this load command who's extreloff, nextrel,
596 * locreloff and nlocrel fields are non-zero indicates that the relocation
597 * entries of non-merged sections are not referenced through the section
598 * structures (and the reloff and nreloc fields in the section headers are
601 * Since the relocation entries are not accessed through the section headers
602 * this requires the r_address field to be something other than a section
603 * offset to identify the item to be relocated. In this case r_address is
604 * set to the offset from the vmaddr of the first LC_SEGMENT command.
606 * The relocation entries are grouped by module and the module table
607 * entries have indexes and counts into them for the group of external
608 * relocation entries for that the module.
610 * For sections that are merged across modules there must not be any
611 * remaining external relocation entries for them (for merged sections
612 * remaining relocation entries must be local).
614 unsigned long extreloff
; /* offset to external relocation entries */
615 unsigned long nextrel
; /* number of external relocation entries */
618 * All the local relocation entries are grouped together (they are not
619 * grouped by their module since they are only used if the object is moved
620 * from it staticly link edited address).
622 unsigned long locreloff
; /* offset to local relocation entries */
623 unsigned long nlocrel
; /* number of local relocation entries */
628 * An indirect symbol table entry is simply a 32bit index into the symbol table
629 * to the symbol that the pointer or stub is refering to. Unless it is for a
630 * non-lazy symbol pointer section for a defined symbol which strip(1) as
631 * removed. In which case it has the value INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL. If the
632 * symbol was also absolute INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS is or'ed with that.
634 #define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_LOCAL 0x80000000
635 #define INDIRECT_SYMBOL_ABS 0x40000000
638 /* a table of contents entry */
639 struct dylib_table_of_contents
{
640 unsigned long symbol_index
; /* the defined external symbol
641 (index into the symbol table) */
642 unsigned long module_index
; /* index into the module table this symbol
646 /* a module table entry */
647 struct dylib_module
{
648 unsigned long module_name
; /* the module name (index into string table) */
650 unsigned long iextdefsym
; /* index into externally defined symbols */
651 unsigned long nextdefsym
; /* number of externally defined symbols */
652 unsigned long irefsym
; /* index into reference symbol table */
653 unsigned long nrefsym
; /* number of reference symbol table entries */
654 unsigned long ilocalsym
; /* index into symbols for local symbols */
655 unsigned long nlocalsym
; /* number of local symbols */
657 unsigned long iextrel
; /* index into external relocation entries */
658 unsigned long nextrel
; /* number of external relocation entries */
660 unsigned long iinit
; /* index into the init section */
661 unsigned long ninit
; /* number of init section entries */
663 unsigned long /* for this module address of the start of */
664 objc_module_info_addr
; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
665 unsigned long /* for this module size of */
666 objc_module_info_size
; /* the (__OBJC,__module_info) section */
670 * The entries in the reference symbol table are used when loading the module
671 * (both by the static and dynamic link editors) and if the module is unloaded
672 * or replaced. Therefore all external symbols (defined and undefined) are
673 * listed in the module's reference table. The flags describe the type of
674 * reference that is being made. The constants for the flags are defined in
675 * <mach-o/nlist.h> as they are also used for symbol table entries.
677 struct dylib_reference
{
678 unsigned long isym
:24, /* index into the symbol table */
679 flags
:8; /* flags to indicate the type of reference */
683 * The symseg_command contains the offset and size of the GNU style
684 * symbol table information as described in the header file <symseg.h>.
685 * The symbol roots of the symbol segments must also be aligned properly
686 * in the file. So the requirement of keeping the offsets aligned to a
687 * multiple of a sizeof(long) translates to the length field of the symbol
688 * roots also being a multiple of a long. Also the padding must again be
689 * zeroed. (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
691 struct symseg_command
{
692 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_SYMSEG */
693 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* sizeof(struct symseg_command) */
694 unsigned long offset
; /* symbol segment offset */
695 unsigned long size
; /* symbol segment size in bytes */
699 * The ident_command contains a free format string table following the
700 * ident_command structure. The strings are null terminated and the size of
701 * the command is padded out with zero bytes to a multiple of sizeof(long).
702 * (THIS IS OBSOLETE and no longer supported).
704 struct ident_command
{
705 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_IDENT */
706 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* strings that follow this command */
710 * The fvmfile_command contains a reference to a file to be loaded at the
711 * specified virtual address. (Presently, this command is reserved for NeXT
712 * internal use. The kernel ignores this command when loading a program into
715 struct fvmfile_command
{
716 unsigned long cmd
; /* LC_FVMFILE */
717 unsigned long cmdsize
; /* includes pathname string */
718 union lc_str name
; /* files pathname */
719 unsigned long header_addr
; /* files virtual address */
722 #endif /*_MACHO_LOADER_H_*/