libelf-dev 0.152-1ubuntu3 / usr / include / elfutils / elf-knowledge.h

/* Accumulation of various pieces of knowledge about ELF.
   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
   This file is part of Red Hat elfutils.
   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2000.

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#ifndef _ELF_KNOWLEDGE_H
#define _ELF_KNOWLEDGE_H	1

#include <stdbool.h>


/* Test whether a section can be stripped or not.  */
#define SECTION_STRIP_P(shdr, name, remove_comment) \
  /* Sections which are allocated are not removed.  */			      \
  (((shdr)->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0					      \
   /* We never remove .note sections.  */				      \
   && (shdr)->sh_type != SHT_NOTE					      \
   && (((shdr)->sh_type) != SHT_PROGBITS				      \
       /* Never remove .gnu.warning.* sections.  */			      \
       || (strncmp (name, ".gnu.warning.", sizeof ".gnu.warning." - 1) != 0   \
	   /* We remove .comment sections only if explicitly told to do so. */\
	   && (remove_comment						      \
	       || strcmp (name, ".comment") != 0)))			      \
   /* So far we do not remove any of the non-standard sections.		      \
      XXX Maybe in future.  */						      \
   && (shdr)->sh_type < SHT_NUM)


/* Test whether `sh_info' field in section header contains a section
   index.  There are two kinds of sections doing this:

   - the sections containing relocation information reference in this
     field the section to which the relocations apply;

   - section with the SHF_INFO_LINK flag set to signal that `sh_info'
     references a section.  This allows correct handling of unknown
     sections.  */
#define SH_INFO_LINK_P(Shdr) \
  ((Shdr)->sh_type == SHT_REL || (Shdr)->sh_type == SHT_RELA		      \
   || ((Shdr)->sh_flags & SHF_INFO_LINK) != 0)


/* When combining ELF section flags we must distinguish two kinds:

   - flags which cause problem if not added to the result even if not
     present in all input sections

   - flags which cause problem if added to the result if not present
     in all input sections

   The following definition is for the general case.  There might be
   machine specific extensions.  */
#define SH_FLAGS_COMBINE(Flags1, Flags2) \
  (((Flags1 | Flags2)							      \
    & (SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC | SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_LINK_ORDER		      \
       | SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING | SHF_GROUP))				      \
   | (Flags1 & Flags2 & (SHF_MERGE | SHF_STRINGS | SHF_INFO_LINK)))

/* Similar macro: return the bits of the flags which necessarily must
   match if two sections are automatically combined.  Sections still
   can be forcefully combined in which case SH_FLAGS_COMBINE can be
   used to determine the combined flags.  */
#define SH_FLAGS_IMPORTANT(Flags) \
  ((Flags) & ~((GElf_Xword) 0 | SHF_LINK_ORDER | SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING))


/* Size of an entry in the hash table.  The ELF specification says all
   entries are regardless of platform 32-bits in size.  Early 64-bit
   ports (namely Alpha for Linux) got this wrong.  The wording was not
   clear.

   Several years later the ABI for the 64-bit S390s was developed.
   Many things were copied from the IA-64 ABI (which uses the correct
   32-bit entry size) but what do these people do?  They use 64-bit
   entries.  It is really shocking to see what kind of morons are out
   there.  And even worse: they are allowed to design ABIs.  */
#define SH_ENTSIZE_HASH(Ehdr) \
  ((Ehdr)->e_machine == EM_ALPHA					      \
   || ((Ehdr)->e_machine == EM_S390					      \
       && (Ehdr)->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64) ? 8 : 4)

#endif	/* elf-knowledge.h */