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28#ifndef _MACHO_NLIST_H_
29#define _MACHO_NLIST_H_
30/*	$NetBSD: nlist.h,v 1.5 1994/10/26 00:56:11 cgd Exp $	*/
31
32/*-
33 * Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
34 *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
35 * (c) UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
36 * All or some portions of this file are derived from material licensed
37 * to the University of California by American Telephone and Telegraph
38 * Co. or Unix System Laboratories, Inc. and are reproduced herein with
39 * the permission of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
40 *
41 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
42 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
43 * are met:
44 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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49 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
50 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
51 *	This product includes software developed by the University of
52 *	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
53 * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
54 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
55 *    without specific prior written permission.
56 *
57 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
58 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
59 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
60 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
61 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
62 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
63 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
64 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
65 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
66 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
67 * SUCH DAMAGE.
68 *
69 *	@(#)nlist.h	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/21/94
70 */
71
72/*
73 * Format of a symbol table entry of a Mach-O file.  Modified from the BSD
74 * format.  The modifications from the original format were changing n_other
75 * (an unused field) to n_sect and the addition of the N_SECT type.  These
76 * modifications are required to support symbols in an arbitrary number of
77 * sections not just the three sections (text, data and bss) in a BSD file.
78 */
79struct nlist {
80	union {
81		char *n_name;	/* for use when in-core */
82		long  n_strx;	/* index into the string table */
83	} n_un;
84	unsigned char n_type;	/* type flag, see below */
85	unsigned char n_sect;	/* section number or NO_SECT */
86	short	      n_desc;	/* see <mach-o/stab.h> */
87	unsigned long n_value;	/* value of this symbol (or stab offset) */
88};
89
90/*
91 * This is the symbol table entry structure for 64-bit architectures.
92 */
93struct nlist_64 {
94	union {
95		uint32_t n_strx;	/* index into the string table */
96	} n_un;
97	uint8_t n_type;		/* type flag, see below */
98	uint8_t n_sect;		/* section number or NO_SECT */
99	uint16_t n_desc;	/* see <mach-o/stab.h> */
100	uint64_t n_value;	/* value of this symbol (or stab offset) */
101};
102
103
104/*
105 * Symbols with a index into the string table of zero (n_un.n_strx == 0) are
106 * defined to have a null, "", name.  Therefore all string indexes to non null
107 * names must not have a zero string index.  This is bit historical information
108 * that has never been well documented.
109 */
110
111/*
112 * The n_type field really contains three fields:
113 *	unsigned char N_STAB:3,
114 *		      N_PEXT:1,
115 *		      N_TYPE:3,
116 *		      N_EXT:1;
117 * which are used via the following masks.
118 */
119#define	N_STAB	0xe0  /* if any of these bits set, a symbolic debugging entry */
120#define	N_PEXT	0x10  /* private external symbol bit */
121#define	N_TYPE	0x0e  /* mask for the type bits */
122#define	N_EXT	0x01  /* external symbol bit, set for external symbols */
123
124/*
125 * Only symbolic debugging entries have some of the N_STAB bits set and if any
126 * of these bits are set then it is a symbolic debugging entry (a stab).  In
127 * which case then the values of the n_type field (the entire field) are given
128 * in <mach-o/stab.h>
129 */
130
131/*
132 * Values for N_TYPE bits of the n_type field.
133 */
134#define	N_UNDF	0x0		/* undefined, n_sect == NO_SECT */
135#define	N_ABS	0x2		/* absolute, n_sect == NO_SECT */
136#define	N_SECT	0xe		/* defined in section number n_sect */
137#define	N_PBUD	0xc		/* prebound undefined (defined in a dylib) */
138#define N_INDR	0xa		/* indirect */
139
140/*
141 * If the type is N_INDR then the symbol is defined to be the same as another
142 * symbol.  In this case the n_value field is an index into the string table
143 * of the other symbol's name.  When the other symbol is defined then they both
144 * take on the defined type and value.
145 */
146
147/*
148 * If the type is N_SECT then the n_sect field contains an ordinal of the
149 * section the symbol is defined in.  The sections are numbered from 1 and
150 * refer to sections in order they appear in the load commands for the file
151 * they are in.  This means the same ordinal may very well refer to different
152 * sections in different files.
153 *
154 * The n_value field for all symbol table entries (including N_STAB's) gets
155 * updated by the link editor based on the value of it's n_sect field and where
156 * the section n_sect references gets relocated.  If the value of the n_sect
157 * field is NO_SECT then it's n_value field is not changed by the link editor.
158 */
159#define	NO_SECT		0	/* symbol is not in any section */
160#define MAX_SECT	255	/* 1 thru 255 inclusive */
161
162/*
163 * Common symbols are represented by undefined (N_UNDF) external (N_EXT) types
164 * who's values (n_value) are non-zero.  In which case the value of the n_value
165 * field is the size (in bytes) of the common symbol.  The n_sect field is set
166 * to NO_SECT.
167 */
168
169/*
170 * To support the lazy binding of undefined symbols in the dynamic link-editor,
171 * the undefined symbols in the symbol table (the nlist structures) are marked
172 * with the indication if the undefined reference is a lazy reference or
173 * non-lazy reference.  If both a non-lazy reference and a lazy reference is
174 * made to the same symbol the non-lazy reference takes precedence.  A reference
175 * is lazy only when all references to that symbol are made through a symbol
176 * pointer in a lazy symbol pointer section.
177 *
178 * The implementation of marking nlist structures in the symbol table for
179 * undefined symbols will be to use some of the bits of the n_desc field as a
180 * reference type.  The mask REFERENCE_TYPE will be applied to the n_desc field
181 * of an nlist structure for an undefined symbol to determine the type of
182 * undefined reference (lazy or non-lazy).
183 *
184 * The constants for the REFERENCE FLAGS are propagated to the reference table
185 * in a shared library file.  In that case the constant for a defined symbol,
186 * REFERENCE_FLAG_DEFINED, is also used.
187 */
188/* Reference type bits of the n_desc field of undefined symbols */
189#define REFERENCE_TYPE				0xf
190/* types of references */
191#define REFERENCE_FLAG_UNDEFINED_NON_LAZY		0
192#define REFERENCE_FLAG_UNDEFINED_LAZY			1
193#define REFERENCE_FLAG_DEFINED				2
194#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_DEFINED			3
195#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_UNDEFINED_NON_LAZY	4
196#define REFERENCE_FLAG_PRIVATE_UNDEFINED_LAZY		5
197
198/*
199 * To simplify stripping of objects that use are used with the dynamic link
200 * editor, the static link editor marks the symbols defined an object that are
201 * referenced by a dynamicly bound object (dynamic shared libraries, bundles).
202 * With this marking strip knows not to strip these symbols.
203 */
204#define REFERENCED_DYNAMICALLY	0x0010
205
206/*
207 * The non-reference type bits of the n_desc field for global symbols are
208 * reserved for the dynamic link editor.  All of these bits must start out
209 * zero in the object file.
210 */
211#define N_DESC_DISCARDED 0x8000	/* symbol is discarded */
212
213#endif
214