source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/include/elf/elf_load.h@ db80a2e

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Sergey Bondari
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Jiri Svoboda
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/** @addtogroup generic
 * @{
 */
/** @file
 * @brief ELF loader structures and public functions.
 */

#ifndef ELF_LOAD_H_
#define ELF_LOAD_H_

#include <elf/elf.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <loader/pcb.h>

/**
 * ELF error return codes
 */
#define EE_OK                   0       /* No error */
#define EE_INVALID              1       /* Invalid ELF image */
#define EE_MEMORY               2       /* Cannot allocate address space */
#define EE_INCOMPATIBLE         3       /* ELF image is not compatible with current architecture */
#define EE_UNSUPPORTED          4       /* Non-supported ELF (e.g. dynamic ELFs) */
#define EE_LOADER               5       /* The image is actually a program loader. */
#define EE_IRRECOVERABLE        6

typedef enum {
        /** Leave all segments in RW access mode. */
        ELDF_RW = 1
} eld_flags_t;

/**
 * Some data extracted from the headers are stored here
 */
typedef struct {
        /** Entry point */
        entry_point_t entry;

        /** ELF interpreter name or NULL if statically-linked */
        const char *interp;

        /** Pointer to the dynamic section */
        void *dynamic;
} elf_info_t;

/**
 * Holds information about an ELF binary being loaded.
 */
typedef struct {
        /** Filedescriptor of the file from which we are loading */
        int fd;

        /** Difference between run-time addresses and link-time addresses */
        uintptr_t bias;

        /** Flags passed to the ELF loader. */
        eld_flags_t flags;

        /** A copy of the ELF file header */
        elf_header_t *header;

        /** Store extracted info here */
        elf_info_t *info;
} elf_ld_t;

extern const char *elf_error(unsigned int);
extern int elf_load_file(const char *, size_t, eld_flags_t, elf_info_t *);
extern void elf_create_pcb(elf_info_t *, pcb_t *);

#endif

/** @}
 */