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1 /* plugin-api.h -- External linker plugin API. */
2
3 /* Copyright 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>.
5
6 This file is part of binutils.
7
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
21 MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23 /* This file defines the interface for writing a linker plugin, which is
24 described at < http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/whopr/driver >. */
25
26 #ifndef PLUGIN_API_H
27 #define PLUGIN_API_H
28
29 #ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
30 #include <stdint.h>
31 #elif defined(HAVE_INTTYPES_H)
32 #include <inttypes.h>
33 #endif
34 #include <sys/types.h>
35 #if !defined(HAVE_STDINT_H) && !defined(HAVE_INTTYPES_H) && \
36 !defined(UINT64_MAX) && !defined(uint64_t)
37 #error can not find uint64_t type
38 #endif
39
40 #ifdef __cplusplus
41 extern "C"
42 {
43 #endif
44
45 /* Status code returned by most API routines. */
46
47 enum ld_plugin_status
48 {
49 LDPS_OK = 0,
50 LDPS_NO_SYMS, /* Attempt to get symbols that haven't been added. */
51 LDPS_BAD_HANDLE, /* No claimed object associated with given handle. */
52 LDPS_ERR
53 /* Additional Error codes TBD. */
54 };
55
56 /* The version of the API specification. */
57
58 enum ld_plugin_api_version
59 {
60 LD_PLUGIN_API_VERSION = 1
61 };
62
63 /* The type of output file being generated by the linker. */
64
65 enum ld_plugin_output_file_type
66 {
67 LDPO_REL,
68 LDPO_EXEC,
69 LDPO_DYN,
70 LDPO_PIE
71 };
72
73 /* An input file managed by the plugin library. */
74
75 struct ld_plugin_input_file
76 {
77 const char *name;
78 int fd;
79 off_t offset;
80 off_t filesize;
81 void *handle;
82 };
83
84 /* A symbol belonging to an input file managed by the plugin library. */
85
86 struct ld_plugin_symbol
87 {
88 char *name;
89 char *version;
90 int def;
91 int visibility;
92 uint64_t size;
93 char *comdat_key;
94 int resolution;
95 };
96
97 /* An object's section. */
98
99 struct ld_plugin_section
100 {
101 const void* handle;
102 unsigned int shndx;
103 };
104
105 /* Whether the symbol is a definition, reference, or common, weak or not. */
106
107 enum ld_plugin_symbol_kind
108 {
109 LDPK_DEF,
110 LDPK_WEAKDEF,
111 LDPK_UNDEF,
112 LDPK_WEAKUNDEF,
113 LDPK_COMMON
114 };
115
116 /* The visibility of the symbol. */
117
118 enum ld_plugin_symbol_visibility
119 {
120 LDPV_DEFAULT,
121 LDPV_PROTECTED,
122 LDPV_INTERNAL,
123 LDPV_HIDDEN
124 };
125
126 /* How a symbol is resolved. */
127
128 enum ld_plugin_symbol_resolution
129 {
130 LDPR_UNKNOWN = 0,
131
132 /* Symbol is still undefined at this point. */
133 LDPR_UNDEF,
134
135 /* This is the prevailing definition of the symbol, with references from
136 regular object code. */
137 LDPR_PREVAILING_DEF,
138
139 /* This is the prevailing definition of the symbol, with no
140 references from regular objects. It is only referenced from IR
141 code. */
142 LDPR_PREVAILING_DEF_IRONLY,
143
144 /* This definition was pre-empted by a definition in a regular
145 object file. */
146 LDPR_PREEMPTED_REG,
147
148 /* This definition was pre-empted by a definition in another IR file. */
149 LDPR_PREEMPTED_IR,
150
151 /* This symbol was resolved by a definition in another IR file. */
152 LDPR_RESOLVED_IR,
153
154 /* This symbol was resolved by a definition in a regular object
155 linked into the main executable. */
156 LDPR_RESOLVED_EXEC,
157
158 /* This symbol was resolved by a definition in a shared object. */
159 LDPR_RESOLVED_DYN,
160
161 /* This is the prevailing definition of the symbol, with no
162 references from regular objects. It is only referenced from IR
163 code, but the symbol is exported and may be referenced from
164 a dynamic object (not seen at link time). */
165 LDPR_PREVAILING_DEF_IRONLY_EXP
166 };
167
168 /* The plugin library's "claim file" handler. */
169
170 typedef
171 enum ld_plugin_status
172 (*ld_plugin_claim_file_handler) (
173 const struct ld_plugin_input_file *file, int *claimed);
174
175 /* The plugin library's "all symbols read" handler. */
176
177 typedef
178 enum ld_plugin_status
179 (*ld_plugin_all_symbols_read_handler) (void);
180
181 /* The plugin library's cleanup handler. */
182
183 typedef
184 enum ld_plugin_status
185 (*ld_plugin_cleanup_handler) (void);
186
187 /* The linker's interface for registering the "claim file" handler. */
188
189 typedef
190 enum ld_plugin_status
191 (*ld_plugin_register_claim_file) (ld_plugin_claim_file_handler handler);
192
193 /* The linker's interface for registering the "all symbols read" handler. */
194
195 typedef
196 enum ld_plugin_status
197 (*ld_plugin_register_all_symbols_read) (
198 ld_plugin_all_symbols_read_handler handler);
199
200 /* The linker's interface for registering the cleanup handler. */
201
202 typedef
203 enum ld_plugin_status
204 (*ld_plugin_register_cleanup) (ld_plugin_cleanup_handler handler);
205
206 /* The linker's interface for adding symbols from a claimed input file. */
207
208 typedef
209 enum ld_plugin_status
210 (*ld_plugin_add_symbols) (void *handle, int nsyms,
211 const struct ld_plugin_symbol *syms);
212
213 /* The linker's interface for getting the input file information with
214 an open (possibly re-opened) file descriptor. */
215
216 typedef
217 enum ld_plugin_status
218 (*ld_plugin_get_input_file) (const void *handle,
219 struct ld_plugin_input_file *file);
220
221 typedef
222 enum ld_plugin_status
223 (*ld_plugin_get_view) (const void *handle, const void **viewp);
224
225 /* The linker's interface for releasing the input file. */
226
227 typedef
228 enum ld_plugin_status
229 (*ld_plugin_release_input_file) (const void *handle);
230
231 /* The linker's interface for retrieving symbol resolution information. */
232
233 typedef
234 enum ld_plugin_status
235 (*ld_plugin_get_symbols) (const void *handle, int nsyms,
236 struct ld_plugin_symbol *syms);
237
238 /* The linker's interface for adding a compiled input file. */
239
240 typedef
241 enum ld_plugin_status
242 (*ld_plugin_add_input_file) (const char *pathname);
243
244 /* The linker's interface for adding a library that should be searched. */
245
246 typedef
247 enum ld_plugin_status
248 (*ld_plugin_add_input_library) (const char *libname);
249
250 /* The linker's interface for adding a library path that should be searched. */
251
252 typedef
253 enum ld_plugin_status
254 (*ld_plugin_set_extra_library_path) (const char *path);
255
256 /* The linker's interface for issuing a warning or error message. */
257
258 typedef
259 enum ld_plugin_status
260 (*ld_plugin_message) (int level, const char *format, ...);
261
262 /* The linker's interface for retrieving the number of sections in an object.
263 The handle is obtained in the claim_file handler. This interface should
264 only be invoked in the claim_file handler. This function sets *COUNT to
265 the number of sections in the object. */
266
267 typedef
268 enum ld_plugin_status
269 (*ld_plugin_get_input_section_count) (const void* handle, unsigned int *count);
270
271 /* The linker's interface for retrieving the section type of a specific
272 section in an object. This interface should only be invoked in the
273 claim_file handler. This function sets *TYPE to an ELF SHT_xxx value. */
274
275 typedef
276 enum ld_plugin_status
277 (*ld_plugin_get_input_section_type) (const struct ld_plugin_section section,
278 unsigned int *type);
279
280 /* The linker's interface for retrieving the name of a specific section in
281 an object. This interface should only be invoked in the claim_file handler.
282 This function sets *SECTION_NAME_PTR to a null-terminated buffer allocated
283 by malloc. The plugin must free *SECTION_NAME_PTR. */
284
285 typedef
286 enum ld_plugin_status
287 (*ld_plugin_get_input_section_name) (const struct ld_plugin_section section,
288 char **section_name_ptr);
289
290 /* The linker's interface for retrieving the contents of a specific section
291 in an object. This interface should only be invoked in the claim_file
292 handler. This function sets *SECTION_CONTENTS to point to a buffer that is
293 valid until clam_file handler returns. It sets *LEN to the size of the
294 buffer. */
295
296 typedef
297 enum ld_plugin_status
298 (*ld_plugin_get_input_section_contents) (const struct ld_plugin_section section,
299 const unsigned char **section_contents,
300 size_t* len);
301
302 /* The linker's interface for specifying the desired order of sections.
303 The sections should be specifed using the array SECTION_LIST in the
304 order in which they should appear in the final layout. NUM_SECTIONS
305 specifies the number of entries in each array. This should be invoked
306 in the all_symbols_read handler. */
307
308 typedef
309 enum ld_plugin_status
310 (*ld_plugin_update_section_order) (const struct ld_plugin_section *section_list,
311 unsigned int num_sections);
312
313 /* The linker's interface for specifying that reordering of sections is
314 desired so that the linker can prepare for it. This should be invoked
315 before update_section_order, preferably in the claim_file handler. */
316
317 typedef
318 enum ld_plugin_status
319 (*ld_plugin_allow_section_ordering) (void);
320
321 enum ld_plugin_level
322 {
323 LDPL_INFO,
324 LDPL_WARNING,
325 LDPL_ERROR,
326 LDPL_FATAL
327 };
328
329 /* Values for the tv_tag field of the transfer vector. */
330
331 enum ld_plugin_tag
332 {
333 LDPT_NULL = 0,
334 LDPT_API_VERSION,
335 LDPT_GOLD_VERSION,
336 LDPT_LINKER_OUTPUT,
337 LDPT_OPTION,
338 LDPT_REGISTER_CLAIM_FILE_HOOK,
339 LDPT_REGISTER_ALL_SYMBOLS_READ_HOOK,
340 LDPT_REGISTER_CLEANUP_HOOK,
341 LDPT_ADD_SYMBOLS,
342 LDPT_GET_SYMBOLS,
343 LDPT_ADD_INPUT_FILE,
344 LDPT_MESSAGE,
345 LDPT_GET_INPUT_FILE,
346 LDPT_RELEASE_INPUT_FILE,
347 LDPT_ADD_INPUT_LIBRARY,
348 LDPT_OUTPUT_NAME,
349 LDPT_SET_EXTRA_LIBRARY_PATH,
350 LDPT_GNU_LD_VERSION,
351 LDPT_GET_VIEW,
352 LDPT_GET_INPUT_SECTION_COUNT,
353 LDPT_GET_INPUT_SECTION_TYPE,
354 LDPT_GET_INPUT_SECTION_NAME,
355 LDPT_GET_INPUT_SECTION_CONTENTS,
356 LDPT_UPDATE_SECTION_ORDER,
357 LDPT_ALLOW_SECTION_ORDERING,
358 LDPT_GET_SYMBOLS_V2
359 };
360
361 /* The plugin transfer vector. */
362
363 struct ld_plugin_tv
364 {
365 enum ld_plugin_tag tv_tag;
366 union
367 {
368 int tv_val;
369 const char *tv_string;
370 ld_plugin_register_claim_file tv_register_claim_file;
371 ld_plugin_register_all_symbols_read tv_register_all_symbols_read;
372 ld_plugin_register_cleanup tv_register_cleanup;
373 ld_plugin_add_symbols tv_add_symbols;
374 ld_plugin_get_symbols tv_get_symbols;
375 ld_plugin_add_input_file tv_add_input_file;
376 ld_plugin_message tv_message;
377 ld_plugin_get_input_file tv_get_input_file;
378 ld_plugin_get_view tv_get_view;
379 ld_plugin_release_input_file tv_release_input_file;
380 ld_plugin_add_input_library tv_add_input_library;
381 ld_plugin_set_extra_library_path tv_set_extra_library_path;
382 ld_plugin_get_input_section_count tv_get_input_section_count;
383 ld_plugin_get_input_section_type tv_get_input_section_type;
384 ld_plugin_get_input_section_name tv_get_input_section_name;
385 ld_plugin_get_input_section_contents tv_get_input_section_contents;
386 ld_plugin_update_section_order tv_update_section_order;
387 ld_plugin_allow_section_ordering tv_allow_section_ordering;
388 } tv_u;
389 };
390
391 /* The plugin library's "onload" entry point. */
392
393 typedef
394 enum ld_plugin_status
395 (*ld_plugin_onload) (struct ld_plugin_tv *tv);
396
397 #ifdef __cplusplus
398 }
399 #endif
400
401 #endif /* !defined(PLUGIN_API_H) */