include/uapi/linux/coff.h

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/coff.h
Extension
.h
Size
12564 bytes
Lines
358
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 COFF_filehdr {
	char f_magic[2];	/* magic number			*/
	char f_nscns[2];	/* number of sections		*/
	char f_timdat[4];	/* time & date stamp		*/
	char f_symptr[4];	/* file pointer to symtab	*/
	char f_nsyms[4];	/* number of symtab entries	*/
	char f_opthdr[2];	/* sizeof(optional hdr)		*/
	char f_flags[2];	/* flags			*/
};

/*
 *   Bits for f_flags:
 *
 *	F_RELFLG	relocation info stripped from file
 *	F_EXEC		file is executable  (i.e. no unresolved external
 *			references)
 *	F_LNNO		line numbers stripped from file
 *	F_LSYMS		local symbols stripped from file
 *	F_MINMAL	this is a minimal object file (".m") output of fextract
 *	F_UPDATE	this is a fully bound update file, output of ogen
 *	F_SWABD		this file has had its bytes swabbed (in names)
 *	F_AR16WR	this file has the byte ordering of an AR16WR
 *			(e.g. 11/70) machine
 *	F_AR32WR	this file has the byte ordering of an AR32WR machine
 *			(e.g. vax and iNTEL 386)
 *	F_AR32W		this file has the byte ordering of an AR32W machine
 *			(e.g. 3b,maxi)
 *	F_PATCH		file contains "patch" list in optional header
 *	F_NODF		(minimal file only) no decision functions for
 *			replaced functions
 */

#define  COFF_F_RELFLG		0000001
#define  COFF_F_EXEC		0000002
#define  COFF_F_LNNO		0000004
#define  COFF_F_LSYMS		0000010
#define  COFF_F_MINMAL		0000020
#define  COFF_F_UPDATE		0000040
#define  COFF_F_SWABD		0000100
#define  COFF_F_AR16WR		0000200
#define  COFF_F_AR32WR		0000400
#define  COFF_F_AR32W		0001000
#define  COFF_F_PATCH		0002000
#define  COFF_F_NODF		0002000

#define	COFF_I386MAGIC	        0x14c   /* Linux's system    */

#if 0   /* Perhaps, someday, these formats may be used.      */
#define COFF_I386PTXMAGIC	0x154
#define COFF_I386AIXMAGIC	0x175   /* IBM's AIX system  */
#define COFF_I386BADMAG(x) ((COFF_SHORT((x).f_magic) != COFF_I386MAGIC) \
			  && COFF_SHORT((x).f_magic) != COFF_I386PTXMAGIC \
			  && COFF_SHORT((x).f_magic) != COFF_I386AIXMAGIC)
#else
#define COFF_I386BADMAG(x) (COFF_SHORT((x).f_magic) != COFF_I386MAGIC)
#endif

#define	COFF_FILHDR	struct COFF_filehdr
#define	COFF_FILHSZ	sizeof(COFF_FILHDR)

/********************** AOUT "OPTIONAL HEADER" **********************/

/* Linux COFF must have this "optional" header. Standard COFF has no entry
   location for the "entry" point. They normally would start with the first
   location of the .text section. This is not a good idea for linux. So,
   the use of this "optional" header is not optional. It is required.

   Do not be tempted to assume that the size of the optional header is
   a constant and simply index the next byte by the size of this structure.
   Use the 'f_opthdr' field in the main coff header for the size of the
   structure actually written to the file!!
*/

typedef struct 
{
  char 	magic[2];		/* type of file				 */
  char	vstamp[2];		/* version stamp			 */
  char	tsize[4];		/* text size in bytes, padded to FW bdry */
  char	dsize[4];		/* initialized   data "   "		 */
  char	bsize[4];		/* uninitialized data "   "		 */
  char	entry[4];		/* entry pt.				 */
  char 	text_start[4];		/* base of text used for this file       */
  char 	data_start[4];		/* base of data used for this file       */
}
COFF_AOUTHDR;

#define COFF_AOUTSZ (sizeof(COFF_AOUTHDR))

#define COFF_STMAGIC	0401
#define COFF_OMAGIC     0404

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