tools/include/uapi/linux/elf.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/include/uapi/linux/elf.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
tools/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
Extension
.h
Size
16482 bytes
Lines
525
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
tools
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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#ifndef _LINUX_ELF_H
#define _LINUX_ELF_H

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/elf-em.h>

/* 32-bit ELF base types. */
typedef __u32	Elf32_Addr;
typedef __u16	Elf32_Half;
typedef __u32	Elf32_Off;
typedef __s32	Elf32_Sword;
typedef __u32	Elf32_Word;
typedef __u16	Elf32_Versym;

/* 64-bit ELF base types. */
typedef __u64	Elf64_Addr;
typedef __u16	Elf64_Half;
typedef __s16	Elf64_SHalf;
typedef __u64	Elf64_Off;
typedef __s32	Elf64_Sword;
typedef __u32	Elf64_Word;
typedef __u64	Elf64_Xword;
typedef __s64	Elf64_Sxword;
typedef __u16	Elf64_Versym;

/* These constants are for the segment types stored in the image headers */
#define PT_NULL    0
#define PT_LOAD    1
#define PT_DYNAMIC 2
#define PT_INTERP  3
#define PT_NOTE    4
#define PT_SHLIB   5
#define PT_PHDR    6
#define PT_TLS     7		/* Thread local storage segment */
#define PT_LOOS    0x60000000	/* OS-specific */
#define PT_HIOS    0x6fffffff	/* OS-specific */
#define PT_LOPROC  0x70000000
#define PT_HIPROC  0x7fffffff
#define PT_GNU_EH_FRAME	(PT_LOOS + 0x474e550)
#define PT_GNU_STACK	(PT_LOOS + 0x474e551)
#define PT_GNU_RELRO	(PT_LOOS + 0x474e552)
#define PT_GNU_PROPERTY	(PT_LOOS + 0x474e553)


/* ARM MTE memory tag segment type */
#define PT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_MTE	(PT_LOPROC + 0x2)

/*
 * Extended Numbering
 *
 * If the real number of program header table entries is larger than
 * or equal to PN_XNUM(0xffff), it is set to sh_info field of the
 * section header at index 0, and PN_XNUM is set to e_phnum
 * field. Otherwise, the section header at index 0 is zero
 * initialized, if it exists.
 *
 * Specifications are available in:
 *
 * - Oracle: Linker and Libraries.
 *   Part No: 817–1984–19, August 2011.
 *   https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18752_01/pdf/817-1984.pdf
 *
 * - System V ABI AMD64 Architecture Processor Supplement
 *   Draft Version 0.99.4,
 *   January 13, 2010.
 *   http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse351/12wi/supp-docs/abi.pdf
 */
#define PN_XNUM 0xffff

/* These constants define the different elf file types */
#define ET_NONE   0
#define ET_REL    1
#define ET_EXEC   2
#define ET_DYN    3
#define ET_CORE   4
#define ET_LOPROC 0xff00
#define ET_HIPROC 0xffff

/* This is the info that is needed to parse the dynamic section of the file */
#define DT_NULL		0
#define DT_NEEDED	1
#define DT_PLTRELSZ	2
#define DT_PLTGOT	3
#define DT_HASH		4
#define DT_STRTAB	5
#define DT_SYMTAB	6
#define DT_RELA		7
#define DT_RELASZ	8
#define DT_RELAENT	9
#define DT_STRSZ	10

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