include/linux/flat.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/flat.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/linux/flat.h
Extension
.h
Size
2629 bytes
Lines
80
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
Core Kernel Interface
Inferred role
Core OS: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

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

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

struct flat_hdr {
	char	magic[4];
	__be32	rev;          /* version (as above) */
	__be32	entry;        /* Offset of first executable instruction
				 with text segment from beginning of file */
	__be32	data_start;   /* Offset of data segment from beginning of
				 file */
	__be32	data_end;     /* Offset of end of data segment from beginning
				 of file */
	__be32	bss_end;      /* Offset of end of bss segment from beginning
				 of file */

	/* (It is assumed that data_end through bss_end forms the bss segment.) */

	__be32	stack_size;   /* Size of stack, in bytes */
	__be32	reloc_start;  /* Offset of relocation records from beginning of
				 file */
	__be32	reloc_count;  /* Number of relocation records */
	__be32	flags;
	__be32	build_date;   /* When the program/library was built */
	__u32	filler[5];    /* Reservered, set to zero */
};

#define FLAT_FLAG_RAM    0x0001 /* load program entirely into RAM */
#define FLAT_FLAG_GOTPIC 0x0002 /* program is PIC with GOT */
#define FLAT_FLAG_GZIP   0x0004 /* all but the header is compressed */
#define FLAT_FLAG_GZDATA 0x0008 /* only data/relocs are compressed (for XIP) */
#define FLAT_FLAG_KTRACE 0x0010 /* output useful kernel trace for debugging */

/*
 * While it would be nice to keep this header clean,  users of older
 * tools still need this support in the kernel.  So this section is
 * purely for compatibility with old tool chains.
 *
 * DO NOT make changes or enhancements to the old format please,  just work
 *        with the format above,  except to fix bugs with old format support.
 */

#define	OLD_FLAT_VERSION			0x00000002L
#define OLD_FLAT_RELOC_TYPE_TEXT	0
#define OLD_FLAT_RELOC_TYPE_DATA	1
#define OLD_FLAT_RELOC_TYPE_BSS		2

typedef union {
	u32		value;
	struct {
#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD) || \
    (defined(mc68000) && !defined(CONFIG_COLDFIRE))
		s32	offset : 30;
		u32	type : 2;
# elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
		u32	type : 2;
		s32	offset : 30;
# else
#   	error "Unknown bitfield order for flat files."
# endif
	} reloc;
} flat_v2_reloc_t;

#endif /* _LINUX_FLAT_H */

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