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abg-elf-helpers.h
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1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
2// -*- Mode: C++ -*-
3//
4// Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Google, Inc.
5
6/// @file
7///
8/// This contains a set of ELF utilities used by the dwarf reader.
9
10#ifndef __ABG_ELF_HELPERS_H__
11#define __ABG_ELF_HELPERS_H__
12
13#include "config.h"
14
15#include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
16#include <gelf.h>
17#include <string>
18
19#include "abg-ir.h"
20
21namespace abigail
22{
23
24namespace elf_helpers
25{
26
27/// A functor used by @ref dwfl_sptr.
29{
30 void
31 operator()(Dwfl* dwfl)
32 {dwfl_end(dwfl);}
33};//end struct dwfl_deleter
34
35/// A convenience typedef for a shared pointer to a Dwfl.
36typedef shared_ptr<Dwfl> dwfl_sptr;
37
38/// Convenience typedef for a map which key is an elf address and
39/// which value is an elf_symbol_sptr.
40typedef unordered_map<GElf_Addr, elf_symbol_sptr> addr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type;
41
42/// Convenience typedef for a set of ELF addresses.
43typedef unordered_set<GElf_Addr> address_set_type;
44
45/// Convenience typedef for a shared pointer to an @ref address_set_type.
46typedef shared_ptr<address_set_type> address_set_sptr;
47
48//
49// ELF Value Converters
50//
51
53stt_to_elf_symbol_type(unsigned char stt);
54
56stb_to_elf_symbol_binding(unsigned char stb);
57
59stv_to_elf_symbol_visibility(unsigned char stv);
60
61std::string
62e_machine_to_string(GElf_Half e_machine);
63
64//
65// ELF section helpers
66//
67
68Elf_Scn*
69find_section(Elf* elf_handle,
70 const std::string& name,
71 Elf64_Word section_type);
72
73Elf_Scn*
74find_section_by_name(Elf* elf_handle, const std::string& name);
75
76Elf_Scn*
77find_section(Elf* elf_handle, Elf64_Word section_type);
78
79Elf_Scn*
80find_symtab_section(Elf* elf_handle);
81
82Elf_Scn*
83find_dynsym_section(Elf* elf_handle);
84
85Elf_Scn*
86find_symbol_table_section(Elf* elf_handle);
87
88bool
89find_symbol_table_section_index(Elf* elf_handle, size_t& symtab_index);
90
91enum hash_table_kind
92{
93 NO_HASH_TABLE_KIND = 0,
94 SYSV_HASH_TABLE_KIND,
95 GNU_HASH_TABLE_KIND
96};
97
98hash_table_kind
99find_hash_table_section_index(Elf* elf_handle,
100 size_t& ht_section_index,
101 size_t& symtab_section_index);
102
103Elf_Scn*
104find_text_section(Elf* elf_handle);
105
106Elf_Scn*
107find_bss_section(Elf* elf_handle);
108
109Elf_Scn*
110find_rodata_section(Elf* elf_handle);
111
112Elf_Scn*
113find_data_section(Elf* elf_handle);
114
115Elf_Scn*
116find_data1_section(Elf* elf_handle);
117
118Elf_Scn*
119find_opd_section(Elf* elf_handle);
120
121bool
122get_symbol_versionning_sections(Elf* elf_handle,
123 Elf_Scn*& versym_section,
124 Elf_Scn*& verdef_section,
125 Elf_Scn*& verneed_section);
126
127Elf_Scn*
128find_ksymtab_section(Elf* elf_handle);
129
130Elf_Scn*
131find_ksymtab_gpl_section(Elf* elf_handle);
132
133Elf_Scn*
134find_ksymtab_strings_section(Elf *elf_handle);
135
136Elf_Scn*
137find_relocation_section(Elf* elf_handle, Elf_Scn* target_section);
138
139Elf_Scn*
140find_strtab_for_symtab_section(Elf* elf_handle,
141 Elf_Scn* symtab_section);
142
143//
144// Helpers for symbol versioning
145//
146
147bool
149 GElf_Versym* versym,
150 Elf_Scn* verdef_section,
151 elf_symbol::version& version);
152
153bool
154get_version_needed_for_versym(Elf* elf_handle,
155 GElf_Versym* versym,
156 Elf_Scn* verneed_section,
157 elf_symbol::version& version);
158
159bool
160get_version_for_symbol(Elf* elf_handle,
161 size_t symbol_index,
162 bool get_def_version,
163 elf_symbol::version& version);
164
165bool
166get_crc_for_symbol(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Sym* crc_symbol, uint32_t& crc_value);
167
168//
169// Architecture specific helpers
170//
171bool
172architecture_is_ppc64(Elf* elf_handle);
173
174bool
175architecture_is_ppc32(Elf* elf_handle);
176
177bool
178architecture_is_arm32(Elf* elf_handle);
179
180bool
181architecture_is_arm64(Elf* elf_handle);
182
183bool
184architecture_is_big_endian(Elf* elf_handle);
185
186GElf_Addr
188 GElf_Addr fn_desc_address);
189
190//
191// Helpers for Linux Kernel Binaries
192//
193
194bool
195is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle);
196
197bool
198is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle);
199
200//
201// elfutils helpers
202//
203
204const Dwfl_Callbacks&
205initialize_dwfl_callbacks(Dwfl_Callbacks&, char**);
206
208create_new_dwfl_handle(Dwfl_Callbacks&);
209
210//
211// Misc Helpers
212//
213
214bool
215get_binary_load_address(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Addr& load_address);
216
217unsigned char
218get_architecture_word_size(Elf* elf_handle);
219
220bool
221is_executable(Elf* elf_handle);
222
223bool
224is_dso(Elf* elf_handle);
225
226GElf_Addr
227maybe_adjust_et_rel_sym_addr_to_abs_addr(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Sym* sym);
228
229bool
230address_is_in_opd_section(Elf* elf_handle, Dwarf_Addr addr);
231
232bool
234 Elf64_Sxword data_tag,
235 vector<string>& dt_tag_data);
236
237bool
238get_soname_of_elf_file(const string& path, string &soname);
239} // end namespace elf_helpers
240} // end namespace abigail
241
242#endif // __ABG_ELF_HELPERS_H__
Elf_Scn * find_section_by_name(Elf *elf_handle, const std::string &name)
Find and return a section by its name.
bool get_crc_for_symbol(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Sym *crc_symbol, uint32_t &crc_value)
Return the CRC from the "__crc_" symbol.
unsigned char get_architecture_word_size(Elf *elf_handle)
Return the size of a word for the current architecture.
bool get_version_definition_for_versym(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Versym *versym, Elf_Scn *verdef_section, elf_symbol::version &version)
Get the version definition (from the SHT_GNU_verdef section) of a given symbol represented by a point...
bool lookup_data_tag_from_dynamic_segment(Elf *elf, Elf64_Sxword data_tag, vector< string > &dt_tag_data)
Get data tag information of an ELF file by looking up into its dynamic segment.
bool address_is_in_opd_section(Elf *elf_handle, Dwarf_Addr addr)
Return true if an address is in the ".opd" section that is present on the ppc64 platform.
bool architecture_is_arm64(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the architecture of the current binary is arm64.
Elf_Scn * find_relocation_section(Elf *elf_handle, Elf_Scn *target_section)
Return the .rel{a,} section corresponding to a given section.
bool architecture_is_big_endian(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the endianness of the current binary is Big Endian.
bool is_dso(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the elf file being read is a dynamic shared / object.
bool architecture_is_ppc32(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the architecture of the current binary is ppc32.
bool get_binary_load_address(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Addr &load_address)
Get the address at which a given binary is loaded in memory.
GElf_Addr maybe_adjust_et_rel_sym_addr_to_abs_addr(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Sym *sym)
Translate a section-relative symbol address (i.e, symbol value) into an absolute symbol address by ad...
bool get_version_needed_for_versym(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Versym *versym, Elf_Scn *verneed_section, elf_symbol::version &version)
Get the version needed (from the SHT_GNU_verneed section) to resolve an undefined symbol represented ...
Elf_Scn * find_strtab_for_symtab_section(Elf *elf_handle, Elf_Scn *symtab_section)
Return the string table used by the given symbol table.
bool get_soname_of_elf_file(const string &path, string &soname)
Fetch the SONAME ELF property from an ELF binary file.
bool get_version_for_symbol(Elf *elf_handle, size_t symbol_index, bool get_def_version, elf_symbol::version &version)
Return the version for a symbol that is at a given index in its SHT_SYMTAB section.
elf_symbol::binding stb_to_elf_symbol_binding(unsigned char stb)
Convert an elf symbol binding (given by the ELF{32,64}_ST_BIND macros) into an elf_symbol::binding va...
Elf_Scn * find_ksymtab_gpl_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Return the __ksymtab_gpl section of a linux kernel ELF file (either a vmlinux binary or a kernel modu...
Elf_Scn * find_ksymtab_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Return the __ksymtab section of a linux kernel ELF file (either a vmlinux binary or a kernel module).
Elf_Scn * find_symtab_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .symtab section.
std::string e_machine_to_string(GElf_Half e_machine)
Convert the value of the e_machine field of GElf_Ehdr into a string. This is to get a string represen...
Elf_Scn * find_text_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .text section.
bool architecture_is_ppc64(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the architecture of the current binary is ppc64.
Elf_Scn * find_rodata_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .rodata section.
Elf_Scn * find_opd_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Return the "Official Procedure descriptors section." This section is named .opd, and is usually prese...
bool is_executable(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the elf file being read is an executable.
Elf_Scn * find_data1_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .data1 section.
GElf_Addr lookup_ppc64_elf_fn_entry_point_address(Elf *elf_handle, GElf_Addr fn_desc_address)
Lookup the address of the function entry point that corresponds to the address of a given function de...
elf_symbol::visibility stv_to_elf_symbol_visibility(unsigned char stv)
Convert an ELF symbol visiblity given by the symbols ->st_other data member as returned by the GELF_S...
bool find_symbol_table_section_index(Elf *elf_handle, size_t &symtab_index)
Find the index (in the section headers table) of the symbol table section.
bool get_symbol_versionning_sections(Elf *elf_handle, Elf_Scn *&versym_section, Elf_Scn *&verdef_section, Elf_Scn *&verneed_section)
Return the SHT_GNU_versym, SHT_GNU_verdef and SHT_GNU_verneed sections that are involved in symbol ve...
Elf_Scn * find_bss_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .bss section.
Elf_Scn * find_dynsym_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .symtab section.
Elf_Scn * find_section(Elf *elf_handle, const std::string &name, Elf64_Word section_type)
Find and return a section by its name and its type.
elf_symbol::type stt_to_elf_symbol_type(unsigned char stt)
Convert an elf symbol type (given by the ELF{32,64}_ST_TYPE macros) into an elf_symbol::type value.
bool architecture_is_arm32(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the architecture of the current binary is arm32.
Elf_Scn * find_symbol_table_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find the symbol table.
Elf_Scn * find_data_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find and return the .data section.
bool is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the ELF binary denoted by a given ELF handle is a Linux Kernel Module.
Elf_Scn * find_ksymtab_strings_section(Elf *elf_handle)
Find the __ksymtab_strings section of a Linux kernel binary.
bool is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle)
Test if the ELF binary denoted by a given ELF handle is a Linux Kernel binary (either vmlinux or a ke...
hash_table_kind find_hash_table_section_index(Elf *elf_handle, size_t &ht_section_index, size_t &symtab_section_index)
Get the offset offset of the hash table section.
unordered_map< GElf_Addr, elf_symbol_sptr > addr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type
Convenience typedef for a map which key is an elf address and which value is an elf_symbol_sptr.
unordered_set< GElf_Addr > address_set_type
Convenience typedef for a set of ELF addresses.
shared_ptr< address_set_type > address_set_sptr
Convenience typedef for a shared pointer to an address_set_type.
shared_ptr< Dwfl > dwfl_sptr
A convenience typedef for a shared pointer to a Dwfl.
Types of the main internal representation of libabigail.
The abstraction of the version of an ELF symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:1194
binding
The binding of a symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:940
type
The type of a symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:927
visibility
The visibility of the symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:949
Toplevel namespace for libabigail.
A functor used by dwfl_sptr.