fs/compat_binfmt_elf.c

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
fs/compat_binfmt_elf.c
Extension
.c
Size
4104 bytes
Lines
155
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
VFS And Filesystem Core
Inferred role
Core OS: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

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Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
 * 32-bit compatibility support for ELF format executables and core dumps.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Red Hat Author: Roland McGrath.
 *
 * This file is used in a 64-bit kernel that wants to support 32-bit ELF.
 * asm/elf.h is responsible for defining the compat_* and COMPAT_* macros
 * used below, with definitions appropriate for 32-bit ABI compatibility.
 *
 * We use macros to rename the ABI types and machine-dependent
 * functions used in binfmt_elf.c to compat versions.
 */

#include <linux/elfcore-compat.h>
#include <linux/time.h>

#define ELF_COMPAT	1

/*
 * Rename the basic ELF layout types to refer to the 32-bit class of files.
 */
#undef	ELF_CLASS
#define ELF_CLASS	ELFCLASS32

#undef	elfhdr
#undef	elf_phdr
#undef	elf_shdr
#undef	elf_note
#undef	elf_addr_t
#undef	ELF_GNU_PROPERTY_ALIGN
#define elfhdr		elf32_hdr
#define elf_phdr	elf32_phdr
#define elf_shdr	elf32_shdr
#define elf_note	elf32_note
#define elf_addr_t	Elf32_Addr
#define ELF_GNU_PROPERTY_ALIGN	ELF32_GNU_PROPERTY_ALIGN

/*
 * Some data types as stored in coredump.
 */
#define user_long_t		compat_long_t
#define user_siginfo_t		compat_siginfo_t
#define copy_siginfo_to_external	copy_siginfo_to_external32

/*
 * The machine-dependent core note format types are defined in elfcore-compat.h,
 * which requires asm/elf.h to define compat_elf_gregset_t et al.
 */
#define elf_prstatus	compat_elf_prstatus
#define elf_prstatus_common	compat_elf_prstatus_common
#define elf_prpsinfo	compat_elf_prpsinfo

#undef ns_to_kernel_old_timeval
#define ns_to_kernel_old_timeval ns_to_old_timeval32

/*
 * To use this file, asm/elf.h must define compat_elf_check_arch.
 * The other following macros can be defined if the compat versions
 * differ from the native ones, or omitted when they match.
 */

#undef	elf_check_arch
#define	elf_check_arch	compat_elf_check_arch

#ifdef	COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM
#undef	ELF_PLATFORM
#define	ELF_PLATFORM		COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM
#endif

#ifdef	COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP
#undef	ELF_HWCAP
#define	ELF_HWCAP		COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP
#endif

#ifdef	COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP2
#undef	ELF_HWCAP2
#define	ELF_HWCAP2		COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP2
#endif

#ifdef	COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP3
#undef	ELF_HWCAP3
#define	ELF_HWCAP3		COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP3
#endif

#ifdef	COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP4
#undef	ELF_HWCAP4
#define	ELF_HWCAP4		COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP4

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