include/uapi/linux/a.out.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/a.out.h
Extension
.h
Size
6959 bytes
Lines
252
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 nlist {
  union {
    char *n_name;
    struct nlist *n_next;
    long n_strx;
  } n_un;
  unsigned char n_type;
  char n_other;
  short n_desc;
  unsigned long n_value;
};
#endif /* no N_NLIST_DECLARED.  */

#if !defined (N_UNDF)
#define N_UNDF 0
#endif
#if !defined (N_ABS)
#define N_ABS 2
#endif
#if !defined (N_TEXT)
#define N_TEXT 4
#endif
#if !defined (N_DATA)
#define N_DATA 6
#endif
#if !defined (N_BSS)
#define N_BSS 8
#endif
#if !defined (N_FN)
#define N_FN 15
#endif

#if !defined (N_EXT)
#define N_EXT 1
#endif
#if !defined (N_TYPE)
#define N_TYPE 036
#endif
#if !defined (N_STAB)
#define N_STAB 0340
#endif

/* The following type indicates the definition of a symbol as being
   an indirect reference to another symbol.  The other symbol
   appears as an undefined reference, immediately following this symbol.

   Indirection is asymmetrical.  The other symbol's value will be used
   to satisfy requests for the indirect symbol, but not vice versa.
   If the other symbol does not have a definition, libraries will
   be searched to find a definition.  */
#define N_INDR 0xa

/* The following symbols refer to set elements.
   All the N_SET[ATDB] symbols with the same name form one set.
   Space is allocated for the set in the text section, and each set
   element's value is stored into one word of the space.
   The first word of the space is the length of the set (number of elements).

   The address of the set is made into an N_SETV symbol
   whose name is the same as the name of the set.
   This symbol acts like a N_DATA global symbol
   in that it can satisfy undefined external references.  */

/* These appear as input to LD, in a .o file.  */
#define	N_SETA	0x14		/* Absolute set element symbol */
#define	N_SETT	0x16		/* Text set element symbol */
#define	N_SETD	0x18		/* Data set element symbol */
#define	N_SETB	0x1A		/* Bss set element symbol */

/* This is output from LD.  */
#define N_SETV	0x1C		/* Pointer to set vector in data area.  */

#if !defined (N_RELOCATION_INFO_DECLARED)
/* This structure describes a single relocation to be performed.
   The text-relocation section of the file is a vector of these structures,
   all of which apply to the text section.
   Likewise, the data-relocation section applies to the data section.  */

struct relocation_info
{
  /* Address (within segment) to be relocated.  */
  int r_address;
  /* The meaning of r_symbolnum depends on r_extern.  */
  unsigned int r_symbolnum:24;
  /* Nonzero means value is a pc-relative offset
     and it should be relocated for changes in its own address
     as well as for changes in the symbol or section specified.  */
  unsigned int r_pcrel:1;
  /* Length (as exponent of 2) of the field to be relocated.
     Thus, a value of 2 indicates 1<<2 bytes.  */

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