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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
2 // -*- Mode: C++ -*-
3 //
4 // Copyright (C) 2020-2023 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 
21 namespace abigail
22 {
23 
24 namespace 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.
36 typedef 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.
40 typedef unordered_map<GElf_Addr, elf_symbol_sptr> addr_elf_symbol_sptr_map_type;
41 
42 /// Convenience typedef for a set of ELF addresses.
43 typedef unordered_set<GElf_Addr> address_set_type;
44 
45 /// Convenience typedef for a shared pointer to an @ref address_set_type.
46 typedef shared_ptr<address_set_type> address_set_sptr;
47 
48 //
49 // ELF Value Converters
50 //
51 
53 stt_to_elf_symbol_type(unsigned char stt);
54 
56 stb_to_elf_symbol_binding(unsigned char stb);
57 
59 stv_to_elf_symbol_visibility(unsigned char stv);
60 
61 std::string
62 e_machine_to_string(GElf_Half e_machine);
63 
64 //
65 // ELF section helpers
66 //
67 
68 Elf_Scn*
69 find_section(Elf* elf_handle,
70  const std::string& name,
71  Elf64_Word section_type);
72 
73 Elf_Scn*
74 find_section_by_name(Elf* elf_handle, const std::string& name);
75 
76 Elf_Scn*
77 find_section(Elf* elf_handle, Elf64_Word section_type);
78 
79 Elf_Scn*
80 find_symtab_section(Elf* elf_handle);
81 
82 Elf_Scn*
83 find_dynsym_section(Elf* elf_handle);
84 
85 Elf_Scn*
86 find_symbol_table_section(Elf* elf_handle);
87 
88 bool
89 find_symbol_table_section_index(Elf* elf_handle, size_t& symtab_index);
90 
91 enum hash_table_kind
92 {
93  NO_HASH_TABLE_KIND = 0,
94  SYSV_HASH_TABLE_KIND,
95  GNU_HASH_TABLE_KIND
96 };
97 
98 hash_table_kind
99 find_hash_table_section_index(Elf* elf_handle,
100  size_t& ht_section_index,
101  size_t& symtab_section_index);
102 
103 Elf_Scn*
104 find_text_section(Elf* elf_handle);
105 
106 Elf_Scn*
107 find_bss_section(Elf* elf_handle);
108 
109 Elf_Scn*
110 find_rodata_section(Elf* elf_handle);
111 
112 Elf_Scn*
113 find_data_section(Elf* elf_handle);
114 
115 Elf_Scn*
116 find_data1_section(Elf* elf_handle);
117 
118 Elf_Scn*
119 find_opd_section(Elf* elf_handle);
120 
121 bool
122 get_symbol_versionning_sections(Elf* elf_handle,
123  Elf_Scn*& versym_section,
124  Elf_Scn*& verdef_section,
125  Elf_Scn*& verneed_section);
126 
127 Elf_Scn*
128 find_ksymtab_section(Elf* elf_handle);
129 
130 Elf_Scn*
131 find_ksymtab_gpl_section(Elf* elf_handle);
132 
133 Elf_Scn*
134 find_ksymtab_strings_section(Elf *elf_handle);
135 
136 Elf_Scn*
137 find_relocation_section(Elf* elf_handle, Elf_Scn* target_section);
138 
139 Elf_Scn*
140 find_strtab_for_symtab_section(Elf* elf_handle,
141  Elf_Scn* symtab_section);
142 
143 //
144 // Helpers for symbol versioning
145 //
146 
147 bool
148 get_version_definition_for_versym(Elf* elf_handle,
149  GElf_Versym* versym,
150  Elf_Scn* verdef_section,
151  elf_symbol::version& version);
152 
153 bool
154 get_version_needed_for_versym(Elf* elf_handle,
155  GElf_Versym* versym,
156  Elf_Scn* verneed_section,
157  elf_symbol::version& version);
158 
159 bool
160 get_version_for_symbol(Elf* elf_handle,
161  size_t symbol_index,
162  bool get_def_version,
163  elf_symbol::version& version);
164 
165 bool
166 get_crc_for_symbol(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Sym* crc_symbol, uint32_t& crc_value);
167 
168 //
169 // Architecture specific helpers
170 //
171 bool
172 architecture_is_ppc64(Elf* elf_handle);
173 
174 bool
175 architecture_is_ppc32(Elf* elf_handle);
176 
177 bool
178 architecture_is_arm32(Elf* elf_handle);
179 
180 bool
181 architecture_is_arm64(Elf* elf_handle);
182 
183 bool
184 architecture_is_big_endian(Elf* elf_handle);
185 
186 GElf_Addr
188  GElf_Addr fn_desc_address);
189 
190 //
191 // Helpers for Linux Kernel Binaries
192 //
193 
194 bool
195 is_linux_kernel_module(Elf *elf_handle);
196 
197 bool
198 is_linux_kernel(Elf *elf_handle);
199 
200 //
201 // elfutils helpers
202 //
203 
204 const Dwfl_Callbacks&
205 initialize_dwfl_callbacks(Dwfl_Callbacks&, char**);
206 
207 dwfl_sptr
208 create_new_dwfl_handle(Dwfl_Callbacks&);
209 
210 //
211 // Misc Helpers
212 //
213 
214 bool
215 get_binary_load_address(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Addr& load_address);
216 
217 unsigned char
218 get_architecture_word_size(Elf* elf_handle);
219 
220 bool
221 is_executable(Elf* elf_handle);
222 
223 bool
224 is_dso(Elf* elf_handle);
225 
226 GElf_Addr
227 maybe_adjust_et_rel_sym_addr_to_abs_addr(Elf* elf_handle, GElf_Sym* sym);
228 
229 bool
230 address_is_in_opd_section(Elf* elf_handle, Dwarf_Addr addr);
231 
232 bool
234  Elf64_Sxword data_tag,
235  vector<string>& dt_tag_data);
236 
237 bool
238 get_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:1171
binding
The binding of a symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:917
type
The type of a symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:904
visibility
The visibility of the symbol.
Definition: abg-ir.h:926
Toplevel namespace for libabigail.
A functor used by dwfl_sptr.