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1 //===- Symbols.h ------------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This file defines various types of Symbols.
10 //
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
12 
13 #ifndef LLD_ELF_SYMBOLS_H
14 #define LLD_ELF_SYMBOLS_H
15 
16 #include "InputFiles.h"
17 #include "InputSection.h"
18 #include "lld/Common/LLVM.h"
19 #include "lld/Common/Strings.h"
20 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
21 #include "llvm/Object/Archive.h"
22 #include "llvm/Object/ELF.h"
23 
24 namespace lld {
25 // Returns a string representation for a symbol for diagnostics.
26 std::string toString(const elf::Symbol &);
27 
28 // There are two different ways to convert an Archive::Symbol to a string:
29 // One for Microsoft name mangling and one for Itanium name mangling.
30 // Call the functions toCOFFString and toELFString, not just toString.
31 std::string toELFString(const llvm::object::Archive::Symbol &);
32 
33 namespace elf {
34 class CommonSymbol;
35 class Defined;
36 class InputFile;
37 class LazyArchive;
38 class LazyObject;
39 class SharedSymbol;
40 class Symbol;
41 class Undefined;
42 
43 // This is a StringRef-like container that doesn't run strlen().
44 //
45 // ELF string tables contain a lot of null-terminated strings. Most of them
46 // are not necessary for the linker because they are names of local symbols,
47 // and the linker doesn't use local symbol names for name resolution. So, we
48 // use this class to represents strings read from string tables.
49 struct StringRefZ {
50   StringRefZ(const char *s) : data(s), size(-1) {}
51   StringRefZ(StringRef s) : data(s.data()), size(s.size()) {}
52 
53   const char *data;
54   const uint32_t size;
55 };
56 
57 // The base class for real symbol classes.
58 class Symbol {
59 public:
60   enum Kind {
61     PlaceholderKind,
62     DefinedKind,
63     CommonKind,
64     SharedKind,
65     UndefinedKind,
66     LazyArchiveKind,
67     LazyObjectKind,
68   };
69 
70   Kind kind() const { return static_cast<Kind>(symbolKind); }
71 
72   // The file from which this symbol was created.
73   InputFile *file;
74 
75 protected:
76   const char *nameData;
77   mutable uint32_t nameSize;
78 
79 public:
80   uint32_t dynsymIndex = 0;
81   uint32_t gotIndex = -1;
82   uint32_t pltIndex = -1;
83 
84   uint32_t globalDynIndex = -1;
85 
86   // This field is a index to the symbol's version definition.
87   uint32_t verdefIndex = -1;
88 
89   // Version definition index.
90   uint16_t versionId;
91 
92   // Symbol binding. This is not overwritten by replace() to track
93   // changes during resolution. In particular:
94   //  - An undefined weak is still weak when it resolves to a shared library.
95   //  - An undefined weak will not fetch archive members, but we have to
96   //    remember it is weak.
97   uint8_t binding;
98 
99   // The following fields have the same meaning as the ELF symbol attributes.
100   uint8_t type;    // symbol type
101   uint8_t stOther; // st_other field value
102 
103   uint8_t symbolKind;
104 
105   // Symbol visibility. This is the computed minimum visibility of all
106   // observed non-DSO symbols.
107   uint8_t visibility : 2;
108 
109   // True if the symbol was used for linking and thus need to be added to the
110   // output file's symbol table. This is true for all symbols except for
111   // unreferenced DSO symbols, lazy (archive) symbols, and bitcode symbols that
112   // are unreferenced except by other bitcode objects.
113   uint8_t isUsedInRegularObj : 1;
114 
115   // Used by a Defined symbol with protected or default visibility, to record
116   // whether it is required to be exported into .dynsym. This is set when any of
117   // the following conditions hold:
118   //
119   // - If there is an interposable symbol from a DSO.
120   // - If -shared or --export-dynamic is specified, any symbol in an object
121   //   file/bitcode sets this property, unless suppressed by LTO
122   //   canBeOmittedFromSymbolTable().
123   uint8_t exportDynamic : 1;
124 
125   // True if the symbol is in the --dynamic-list file. A Defined symbol with
126   // protected or default visibility with this property is required to be
127   // exported into .dynsym.
128   uint8_t inDynamicList : 1;
129 
130   // False if LTO shouldn't inline whatever this symbol points to. If a symbol
131   // is overwritten after LTO, LTO shouldn't inline the symbol because it
132   // doesn't know the final contents of the symbol.
133   uint8_t canInline : 1;
134 
135   // Used by Undefined and SharedSymbol to track if there has been at least one
136   // undefined reference to the symbol. The binding may change to STB_WEAK if
137   // the first undefined reference from a non-shared object is weak.
138   uint8_t referenced : 1;
139 
140   // True if this symbol is specified by --trace-symbol option.
141   uint8_t traced : 1;
142 
143   inline void replace(const Symbol &newSym);
144 
145   bool includeInDynsym() const;
146   uint8_t computeBinding() const;
147   bool isWeak() const { return binding == llvm::ELF::STB_WEAK; }
148 
149   bool isUndefined() const { return symbolKind == UndefinedKind; }
150   bool isCommon() const { return symbolKind == CommonKind; }
151   bool isDefined() const { return symbolKind == DefinedKind; }
152   bool isShared() const { return symbolKind == SharedKind; }
153   bool isPlaceholder() const { return symbolKind == PlaceholderKind; }
154 
155   bool isLocal() const { return binding == llvm::ELF::STB_LOCAL; }
156 
157   bool isLazy() const {
158     return symbolKind == LazyArchiveKind || symbolKind == LazyObjectKind;
159   }
160 
161   // True if this is an undefined weak symbol. This only works once
162   // all input files have been added.
163   bool isUndefWeak() const {
164     // See comment on lazy symbols for details.
165     return isWeak() && (isUndefined() || isLazy());
166   }
167 
168   StringRef getName() const {
169     if (nameSize == (uint32_t)-1)
170       nameSize = strlen(nameData);
171     return {nameData, nameSize};
172   }
173 
174   void setName(StringRef s) {
175     nameData = s.data();
176     nameSize = s.size();
177   }
178 
179   void parseSymbolVersion();
180 
181   bool isInGot() const { return gotIndex != -1U; }
182   bool isInPlt() const { return pltIndex != -1U; }
183 
184   uint64_t getVA(int64_t addend = 0) const;
185 
186   uint64_t getGotOffset() const;
187   uint64_t getGotVA() const;
188   uint64_t getGotPltOffset() const;
189   uint64_t getGotPltVA() const;
190   uint64_t getPltVA() const;
191   uint64_t getSize() const;
192   OutputSection *getOutputSection() const;
193 
194   // The following two functions are used for symbol resolution.
195   //
196   // You are expected to call mergeProperties for all symbols in input
197   // files so that attributes that are attached to names rather than
198   // indivisual symbol (such as visibility) are merged together.
199   //
200   // Every time you read a new symbol from an input, you are supposed
201   // to call resolve() with the new symbol. That function replaces
202   // "this" object as a result of name resolution if the new symbol is
203   // more appropriate to be included in the output.
204   //
205   // For example, if "this" is an undefined symbol and a new symbol is
206   // a defined symbol, "this" is replaced with the new symbol.
207   void mergeProperties(const Symbol &other);
208   void resolve(const Symbol &other);
209 
210   // If this is a lazy symbol, fetch an input file and add the symbol
211   // in the file to the symbol table. Calling this function on
212   // non-lazy object causes a runtime error.
213   void fetch() const;
214 
215 private:
216   static bool isExportDynamic(Kind k, uint8_t visibility) {
217     if (k == SharedKind)
218       return visibility == llvm::ELF::STV_DEFAULT;
219     return config->shared || config->exportDynamic;
220   }
221 
222   void resolveUndefined(const Undefined &other);
223   void resolveCommon(const CommonSymbol &other);
224   void resolveDefined(const Defined &other);
225   template <class LazyT> void resolveLazy(const LazyT &other);
226   void resolveShared(const SharedSymbol &other);
227 
228   int compare(const Symbol *other) const;
229 
230   inline size_t getSymbolSize() const;
231 
232 protected:
233   Symbol(Kind k, InputFile *file, StringRefZ name, uint8_t binding,
234          uint8_t stOther, uint8_t type)
235       : file(file), nameData(name.data), nameSize(name.size), binding(binding),
236         type(type), stOther(stOther), symbolKind(k), visibility(stOther & 3),
237         isUsedInRegularObj(!file || file->kind() == InputFile::ObjKind),
238         exportDynamic(isExportDynamic(k, visibility)), inDynamicList(false),
239         canInline(false), referenced(false), traced(false), needsPltAddr(false),
240         isInIplt(false), gotInIgot(false), isPreemptible(false),
241         used(!config->gcSections), needsTocRestore(false),
242         scriptDefined(false) {}
243 
244 public:
245   // True the symbol should point to its PLT entry.
246   // For SharedSymbol only.
247   uint8_t needsPltAddr : 1;
248 
249   // True if this symbol is in the Iplt sub-section of the Plt and the Igot
250   // sub-section of the .got.plt or .got.
251   uint8_t isInIplt : 1;
252 
253   // True if this symbol needs a GOT entry and its GOT entry is actually in
254   // Igot. This will be true only for certain non-preemptible ifuncs.
255   uint8_t gotInIgot : 1;
256 
257   // True if this symbol is preemptible at load time.
258   uint8_t isPreemptible : 1;
259 
260   // True if an undefined or shared symbol is used from a live section.
261   //
262   // NOTE: In Writer.cpp the field is used to mark local defined symbols
263   // which are referenced by relocations when -r or --emit-relocs is given.
264   uint8_t used : 1;
265 
266   // True if a call to this symbol needs to be followed by a restore of the
267   // PPC64 toc pointer.
268   uint8_t needsTocRestore : 1;
269 
270   // True if this symbol is defined by a linker script.
271   uint8_t scriptDefined : 1;
272 
273   // The partition whose dynamic symbol table contains this symbol's definition.
274   uint8_t partition = 1;
275 
276   bool isSection() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_SECTION; }
277   bool isTls() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_TLS; }
278   bool isFunc() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_FUNC; }
279   bool isGnuIFunc() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_GNU_IFUNC; }
280   bool isObject() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_OBJECT; }
281   bool isFile() const { return type == llvm::ELF::STT_FILE; }
282 };
283 
284 // Represents a symbol that is defined in the current output file.
285 class Defined : public Symbol {
286 public:
287   Defined(InputFile *file, StringRefZ name, uint8_t binding, uint8_t stOther,
288           uint8_t type, uint64_t value, uint64_t size, SectionBase *section)
289       : Symbol(DefinedKind, file, name, binding, stOther, type), value(value),
290         size(size), section(section) {}
291 
292   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->isDefined(); }
293 
294   uint64_t value;
295   uint64_t size;
296   SectionBase *section;
297 };
298 
299 // Represents a common symbol.
300 //
301 // On Unix, it is traditionally allowed to write variable definitions
302 // without initialization expressions (such as "int foo;") to header
303 // files. Such definition is called "tentative definition".
304 //
305 // Using tentative definition is usually considered a bad practice
306 // because you should write only declarations (such as "extern int
307 // foo;") to header files. Nevertheless, the linker and the compiler
308 // have to do something to support bad code by allowing duplicate
309 // definitions for this particular case.
310 //
311 // Common symbols represent variable definitions without initializations.
312 // The compiler creates common symbols when it sees variable definitions
313 // without initialization (you can suppress this behavior and let the
314 // compiler create a regular defined symbol by -fno-common).
315 //
316 // The linker allows common symbols to be replaced by regular defined
317 // symbols. If there are remaining common symbols after name resolution is
318 // complete, they are converted to regular defined symbols in a .bss
319 // section. (Therefore, the later passes don't see any CommonSymbols.)
320 class CommonSymbol : public Symbol {
321 public:
322   CommonSymbol(InputFile *file, StringRefZ name, uint8_t binding,
323                uint8_t stOther, uint8_t type, uint64_t alignment, uint64_t size)
324       : Symbol(CommonKind, file, name, binding, stOther, type),
325         alignment(alignment), size(size) {}
326 
327   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->isCommon(); }
328 
329   uint32_t alignment;
330   uint64_t size;
331 };
332 
333 class Undefined : public Symbol {
334 public:
335   Undefined(InputFile *file, StringRefZ name, uint8_t binding, uint8_t stOther,
336             uint8_t type, uint32_t discardedSecIdx = 0)
337       : Symbol(UndefinedKind, file, name, binding, stOther, type),
338         discardedSecIdx(discardedSecIdx) {}
339 
340   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->kind() == UndefinedKind; }
341 
342   // The section index if in a discarded section, 0 otherwise.
343   uint32_t discardedSecIdx;
344 };
345 
346 class SharedSymbol : public Symbol {
347 public:
348   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->kind() == SharedKind; }
349 
350   SharedSymbol(InputFile &file, StringRef name, uint8_t binding,
351                uint8_t stOther, uint8_t type, uint64_t value, uint64_t size,
352                uint32_t alignment, uint32_t verdefIndex)
353       : Symbol(SharedKind, &file, name, binding, stOther, type), value(value),
354         size(size), alignment(alignment) {
355     this->verdefIndex = verdefIndex;
356     // GNU ifunc is a mechanism to allow user-supplied functions to
357     // resolve PLT slot values at load-time. This is contrary to the
358     // regular symbol resolution scheme in which symbols are resolved just
359     // by name. Using this hook, you can program how symbols are solved
360     // for you program. For example, you can make "memcpy" to be resolved
361     // to a SSE-enabled version of memcpy only when a machine running the
362     // program supports the SSE instruction set.
363     //
364     // Naturally, such symbols should always be called through their PLT
365     // slots. What GNU ifunc symbols point to are resolver functions, and
366     // calling them directly doesn't make sense (unless you are writing a
367     // loader).
368     //
369     // For DSO symbols, we always call them through PLT slots anyway.
370     // So there's no difference between GNU ifunc and regular function
371     // symbols if they are in DSOs. So we can handle GNU_IFUNC as FUNC.
372     if (this->type == llvm::ELF::STT_GNU_IFUNC)
373       this->type = llvm::ELF::STT_FUNC;
374   }
375 
376   SharedFile &getFile() const { return *cast<SharedFile>(file); }
377 
378   uint64_t value; // st_value
379   uint64_t size;  // st_size
380   uint32_t alignment;
381 };
382 
383 // LazyArchive and LazyObject represent a symbols that is not yet in the link,
384 // but we know where to find it if needed. If the resolver finds both Undefined
385 // and Lazy for the same name, it will ask the Lazy to load a file.
386 //
387 // A special complication is the handling of weak undefined symbols. They should
388 // not load a file, but we have to remember we have seen both the weak undefined
389 // and the lazy. We represent that with a lazy symbol with a weak binding. This
390 // means that code looking for undefined symbols normally also has to take lazy
391 // symbols into consideration.
392 
393 // This class represents a symbol defined in an archive file. It is
394 // created from an archive file header, and it knows how to load an
395 // object file from an archive to replace itself with a defined
396 // symbol.
397 class LazyArchive : public Symbol {
398 public:
399   LazyArchive(InputFile &file, const llvm::object::Archive::Symbol s)
400       : Symbol(LazyArchiveKind, &file, s.getName(), llvm::ELF::STB_GLOBAL,
401                llvm::ELF::STV_DEFAULT, llvm::ELF::STT_NOTYPE),
402         sym(s) {}
403 
404   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->kind() == LazyArchiveKind; }
405 
406   MemoryBufferRef getMemberBuffer();
407 
408   const llvm::object::Archive::Symbol sym;
409 };
410 
411 // LazyObject symbols represents symbols in object files between
412 // --start-lib and --end-lib options.
413 class LazyObject : public Symbol {
414 public:
415   LazyObject(InputFile &file, StringRef name)
416       : Symbol(LazyObjectKind, &file, name, llvm::ELF::STB_GLOBAL,
417                llvm::ELF::STV_DEFAULT, llvm::ELF::STT_NOTYPE) {}
418 
419   static bool classof(const Symbol *s) { return s->kind() == LazyObjectKind; }
420 };
421 
422 // Some linker-generated symbols need to be created as
423 // Defined symbols.
424 struct ElfSym {
425   // __bss_start
426   static Defined *bss;
427 
428   // etext and _etext
429   static Defined *etext1;
430   static Defined *etext2;
431 
432   // edata and _edata
433   static Defined *edata1;
434   static Defined *edata2;
435 
436   // end and _end
437   static Defined *end1;
438   static Defined *end2;
439 
440   // The _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ symbol is defined by target convention to
441   // be at some offset from the base of the .got section, usually 0 or
442   // the end of the .got.
443   static Defined *globalOffsetTable;
444 
445   // _gp, _gp_disp and __gnu_local_gp symbols. Only for MIPS.
446   static Defined *mipsGp;
447   static Defined *mipsGpDisp;
448   static Defined *mipsLocalGp;
449 
450   // __rel{,a}_iplt_{start,end} symbols.
451   static Defined *relaIpltStart;
452   static Defined *relaIpltEnd;
453 
454   // __global_pointer$ for RISC-V.
455   static Defined *riscvGlobalPointer;
456 
457   // _TLS_MODULE_BASE_ on targets that support TLSDESC.
458   static Defined *tlsModuleBase;
459 };
460 
461 // A buffer class that is large enough to hold any Symbol-derived
462 // object. We allocate memory using this class and instantiate a symbol
463 // using the placement new.
464 union SymbolUnion {
465   alignas(Defined) char a[sizeof(Defined)];
466   alignas(CommonSymbol) char b[sizeof(CommonSymbol)];
467   alignas(Undefined) char c[sizeof(Undefined)];
468   alignas(SharedSymbol) char d[sizeof(SharedSymbol)];
469   alignas(LazyArchive) char e[sizeof(LazyArchive)];
470   alignas(LazyObject) char f[sizeof(LazyObject)];
471 };
472 
473 // It is important to keep the size of SymbolUnion small for performance and
474 // memory usage reasons. 80 bytes is a soft limit based on the size of Defined
475 // on a 64-bit system.
476 static_assert(sizeof(SymbolUnion) <= 80, "SymbolUnion too large");
477 
478 template <typename T> struct AssertSymbol {
479   static_assert(std::is_trivially_destructible<T>(),
480                 "Symbol types must be trivially destructible");
481   static_assert(sizeof(T) <= sizeof(SymbolUnion), "SymbolUnion too small");
482   static_assert(alignof(T) <= alignof(SymbolUnion),
483                 "SymbolUnion not aligned enough");
484 };
485 
486 static inline void assertSymbols() {
487   AssertSymbol<Defined>();
488   AssertSymbol<CommonSymbol>();
489   AssertSymbol<Undefined>();
490   AssertSymbol<SharedSymbol>();
491   AssertSymbol<LazyArchive>();
492   AssertSymbol<LazyObject>();
493 }
494 
495 void printTraceSymbol(const Symbol *sym);
496 
497 size_t Symbol::getSymbolSize() const {
498   switch (kind()) {
499   case CommonKind:
500     return sizeof(CommonSymbol);
501   case DefinedKind:
502     return sizeof(Defined);
503   case LazyArchiveKind:
504     return sizeof(LazyArchive);
505   case LazyObjectKind:
506     return sizeof(LazyObject);
507   case SharedKind:
508     return sizeof(SharedSymbol);
509   case UndefinedKind:
510     return sizeof(Undefined);
511   case PlaceholderKind:
512     return sizeof(Symbol);
513   }
514   llvm_unreachable("unknown symbol kind");
515 }
516 
517 // replace() replaces "this" object with a given symbol by memcpy'ing
518 // it over to "this". This function is called as a result of name
519 // resolution, e.g. to replace an undefind symbol with a defined symbol.
520 void Symbol::replace(const Symbol &newSym) {
521   using llvm::ELF::STT_TLS;
522 
523   // st_value of STT_TLS represents the assigned offset, not the actual address
524   // which is used by STT_FUNC and STT_OBJECT. STT_TLS symbols can only be
525   // referenced by special TLS relocations. It is usually an error if a STT_TLS
526   // symbol is replaced by a non-STT_TLS symbol, vice versa. There are two
527   // exceptions: (a) a STT_NOTYPE lazy/undefined symbol can be replaced by a
528   // STT_TLS symbol, (b) a STT_TLS undefined symbol can be replaced by a
529   // STT_NOTYPE lazy symbol.
530   if (symbolKind != PlaceholderKind && !newSym.isLazy() &&
531       (type == STT_TLS) != (newSym.type == STT_TLS) &&
532       type != llvm::ELF::STT_NOTYPE)
533     error("TLS attribute mismatch: " + toString(*this) + "\n>>> defined in " +
534           toString(newSym.file) + "\n>>> defined in " + toString(file));
535 
536   Symbol old = *this;
537   memcpy(this, &newSym, newSym.getSymbolSize());
538 
539   // old may be a placeholder. The referenced fields must be initialized in
540   // SymbolTable::insert.
541   versionId = old.versionId;
542   visibility = old.visibility;
543   isUsedInRegularObj = old.isUsedInRegularObj;
544   exportDynamic = old.exportDynamic;
545   inDynamicList = old.inDynamicList;
546   canInline = old.canInline;
547   referenced = old.referenced;
548   traced = old.traced;
549   isPreemptible = old.isPreemptible;
550   scriptDefined = old.scriptDefined;
551   partition = old.partition;
552 
553   // Symbol length is computed lazily. If we already know a symbol length,
554   // propagate it.
555   if (nameData == old.nameData && nameSize == 0 && old.nameSize != 0)
556     nameSize = old.nameSize;
557 
558   // Print out a log message if --trace-symbol was specified.
559   // This is for debugging.
560   if (traced)
561     printTraceSymbol(this);
562 }
563 
564 void maybeWarnUnorderableSymbol(const Symbol *sym);
565 bool computeIsPreemptible(const Symbol &sym);
566 void reportBackrefs();
567 
568 // A mapping from a symbol to an InputFile referencing it backward. Used by
569 // --warn-backrefs.
570 extern llvm::DenseMap<const Symbol *, const InputFile *> backwardReferences;
571 
572 } // namespace elf
573 } // namespace lld
574 
575 #endif
576