darwin-xnu/EXTERNAL_HEADERS/mach-o/nlist.h
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  22#ifndef _MACHO_NLIST_H_
  23#define _MACHO_NLIST_H_
  24/*      $NetBSD: nlist.h,v 1.5 1994/10/26 00:56:11 cgd Exp $    */
  25
  26/*-
  27 * Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
  28 *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
  29 * (c) UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
  30 * All or some portions of this file are derived from material licensed
  31 * to the University of California by American Telephone and Telegraph
  32 * Co. or Unix System Laboratories, Inc. and are reproduced herein with
  33 * the permission of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
  34 *
  35 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  36 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  37 * are met:
  38 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  39 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  40 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
  41 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
  42 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  43 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
  44 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
  45 *      This product includes software developed by the University of
  46 *      California, Berkeley and its contributors.
  47 * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
  48 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
  49 *    without specific prior written permission.
  50 *
  51 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
  52 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
  53 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
  54 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  55 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
  56 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
  57 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
  58 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
  59 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
  60 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  61 * SUCH DAMAGE.
  62 *
  63 *      @(#)nlist.h     8.2 (Berkeley) 1/21/94
  64 */
  65
  66/*
  67 * Format of a symbol table entry of a Mach-O file.  Modified from the BSD
  68 * format.  The modifications from the original format were changing n_other
  69 * (an unused field) to n_sect and the addition of the N_SECT type.  These
  70 * modifications are required to support symbols in an arbitrary number of
  71 * sections not just the three sections (text, data and bss) in a BSD file.
  72 */
  73struct nlist {
  74        union {
  75                char *n_name;   /* for use when in-core */
  76                long  n_strx;   /* index into the string table */
  77        } n_un;
  78        unsigned char n_type;   /* type flag, see below */
  79        unsigned char n_sect;   /* section number or NO_SECT */
  80        short         n_desc;   /* see <mach-o/stab.h> */
  81        unsigned long n_value;  /* value of this symbol (or stab offset) */
  82};
  83
  84/*
  85 * This is the symbol table entry structure for 64-bit architectures.
  86 */
  87struct nlist_64 {
  88        union {
  89                uint32_t n_strx;        /* index into the string table */
  90        } n_un;
  91        uint8_t n_type;         /* type flag, see below */
  92        uint8_t n_sect;         /* section number or NO_SECT */
  93        uint16_t n_desc;        /* see <mach-o/stab.h> */
  94        uint64_t n_value;       /* value of this symbol (or stab offset) */
  95};
  96
  97
  98/*
  99 * Symbols with a index into the string table of zero (n_un.n_strx == 0) are
 100 * defined to have a null, "", name.  Therefore all string indexes to non null
 101 * names must not have a zero string index.  This is bit historical information
 102 * that has never been well documented.
 103 */
 104
 105/*
 106 * The n_type field really contains three fields:
 107 *      unsigned char N_STAB:3,
 108 *                    N_PEXT:1,
 109 *                    N_TYPE:3,
 110 *                    N_EXT:1;
 111 * which are used via the following masks.
 112 */
 113#define N_STAB  0xe0  /* if any of these bits set, a symbolic debugging entry */
 114#define N_PEXT  0x10  /* private external symbol bit */
 115#define N_TYPE  0x0e  /* mask for the type bits */
 116#define N_EXT   0x01  /* external symbol bit, set for external symbols */
 117
 118/*
 119 * Only symbolic debugging entries have some of the N_STAB bits set and if any
 120 * of these bits are set then it is a symbolic debugging entry (a stab).  In
 121 * which case then the values of the n_type field (the entire field) are given
 122 * in <mach-o/stab.h>
 123 */
 124
 125/*
 126 * Values for N_TYPE bits of the n_type field.
 127 */
 128#define N_UNDF  0x0             /* undefined, n_sect == NO_SECT */
 129#define N_ABS   0x2             /* absolute, n_sect == NO_SECT */
 130#define N_SECT  0xe             /* defined in section number n_sect */
 131#define N_PBUD  0xc             /* prebound undefined (defined in a dylib) */
 132#define N_INDR  0xa             /* indirect */
 133
 134/* 
 135 * If the type is N_INDR then the symbol is defined to be the same as another
 136 * symbol.  In this case the n_value field is an index into the string table
 137 * of the other symbol's name.  When the other symbol is defined then they both
 138 * take on the defined type and value.
 139 */
 140
 141/*
 142 * If the type is N_SECT then the n_sect field contains an ordinal of the
 143 * section the symbol is defined in.  The sections are numbered from 1 and 
 144 * refer to sections in order they appear in the load commands for the file
 145 * they are in.  This means the same ordinal may very well refer to different
 146 * sections in different files.
 147 *
 148 * The n_value field for all symbol table entries (including N_STAB's) gets
 149 * updated by the link editor based on the value of it's n_sect field and where
 150 * the section n_sect references gets relocated.  If the value of the n_sect 
 151 * field is NO_SECT then it's n_value field is not changed by the link editor.
 152 */
 153#define NO_SECT         0       /* symbol is not in any section */
 154#define MAX_SECT        255     /* 1 thru 255 inclusive */
 155
 156/*
 157 * Common symbols are represented by undefined (N_UNDF) external (N_EXT) types
 158 * who's values (n_value) are non-zero.  In which case the value of the n_value
 159 * field is the size (in bytes) of the common symbol.  The n_sect field is set
 160 * to NO_SECT.
 161 */
 162
 163/*
 164 * To support the lazy binding of undefined symbols in the dynamic link-editor,
 165 * the undefined symbols in the symbol table (the nlist structures) are marked
 166 * with the indication if the undefined reference is a lazy reference or
 167 * non-lazy reference.  If both a non-lazy reference and a lazy reference is
 168 * made to the same symbol the non-lazy reference takes precedence.  A reference
 169 * is lazy only when all references to that symbol are made through a symbol
 170 * pointer in a lazy symbol pointer section.
 171 *
 172 * The implementation of marking nlist structures in the symbol table for
 173 * undefined symbols will be to use some of the bits of the n_desc field as a
 174 * reference type.  The mask REFERENCE_TYPE will be applied to the n_desc field
 175 * of an nlist structure for an undefined symbol to determine the type of
 176 * undefined reference (lazy or non-lazy).
 177 *
 178 * The constants for the REFERENCE FLAGS are propagated to the reference table
 179 * in a shared library file.  In that case the constant for a defined symbol,
 180 * REFERENCE_FLAG_DEFINED, is also used.
 181 */
 182/* Reference type bits of the n_desc field of undefined symbols */
 183#define REFERENCE_TYPE                          0xf
 184/* types of references */
 185#define REFERENCE_FLAG_UNDEFINED_NON_LAZY               0
 186#define REFERENCE_FLAG_UNDEFINED_LAZY                   1
 187#define REFERENCE_FLAG_DEFINED                          2
 188#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_DEFINED                  3
 189#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_UNDEFINED_NON_LAZY       4
 190#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_UNDEFINED_LAZY           5
 191
 192/*
 193 * To simplify stripping of objects that use are used with the dynamic link
 194 * editor, the static link editor marks the symbols defined an object that are
 195 * referenced by a dynamicly bound object (dynamic shared libraries, bundles).
 196 * With this marking strip knows not to strip these symbols.
 197 */
 198#define REFERENCED_DYNAMICALLY  0x0010
 199
 200/*
 201 * The non-reference type bits of the n_desc field for global symbols are
 202 * reserved for the dynamic link editor.  All of these bits must start out
 203 * zero in the object file.
 204 */
 205#define N_DESC_DISCARDED 0x8000 /* symbol is discarded */
 206
 207#endif
 208
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