2.4.1.1 bfd_get_reloc_upper_bound ¶

Function: long bfd_get_reloc_upper_bound (bfd *abfd, asection *sect); ¶

Return the number of bytes required to store the relocation information associated with section sect attached to bfd abfd. If an error occurs, return -1.

2.4.1.2 bfd_canonicalize_reloc ¶

Function: long bfd_canonicalize_reloc (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, arelent **loc, asymbol **syms); ¶

Call the back end associated with the open BFD abfd and translate the external form of the relocation information attached to sec into the internal canonical form. Place the table into memory at loc, which has been preallocated, usually by a call to bfd_get_reloc_upper_bound. Returns the number of relocs, or -1 on error.

The syms table is also needed for horrible internal magic reasons.

2.4.1.3 bfd_finalize_section_relocs ¶

Function: bool bfd_finalize_section_relocs (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, arelent **rel, unsigned int count); ¶

Set the relocation pointer and count within section sec to the values rel and count, and take any other actions required at the conclusion of section relocation processing.

#define bfd_finalize_section_relocs(abfd, asect, location, count) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_finalize_section_relocs, \
                 (abfd, asect, location, count))

2.4.1.4 bfd_set_file_flags ¶

Function: bool bfd_set_file_flags (bfd *abfd, flagword flags); ¶

Set the flag word in the BFD abfd to the value flags.

Possible errors are:

• bfd_error_wrong_format - The target bfd was not of object format.
• bfd_error_invalid_operation - The target bfd was open for reading.
• bfd_error_invalid_operation - The flag word contained a bit which was not applicable to the type of file. E.g., an attempt was made to set the D_PAGED bit on a BFD format which does not support demand paging.

2.4.1.5 bfd_get_arch_size ¶

Function: int bfd_get_arch_size (bfd *abfd); ¶

Returns the normalized architecture address size, in bits, as determined by the object file’s format. By normalized, we mean either 32 or 64. For ELF, this information is included in the header. Use bfd_arch_bits_per_address for number of bits in the architecture address.

Returns the arch size in bits if known, -1 otherwise.

2.4.1.6 bfd_get_sign_extend_vma ¶

Function: int bfd_get_sign_extend_vma (bfd *abfd); ¶

Indicates if the target architecture "naturally" sign extends an address. Some architectures implicitly sign extend address values when they are converted to types larger than the size of an address. For instance, bfd_get_start_address() will return an address sign extended to fill a bfd_vma when this is the case.

Returns 1 if the target architecture is known to sign extend addresses, 0 if the target architecture is known to not sign extend addresses, and -1 otherwise.

2.4.1.7 bfd_set_start_address ¶

Function: bool bfd_set_start_address (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma vma); ¶

Make vma the entry point of output BFD abfd.

Returns TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise.

2.4.1.8 bfd_get_gp_size ¶

Function: unsigned int bfd_get_gp_size (bfd *abfd); ¶

Return the maximum size of objects to be optimized using the GP register under MIPS ECOFF. This is typically set by the -G argument to the compiler, assembler or linker.

2.4.1.9 bfd_set_gp_size ¶

Function: void bfd_set_gp_size (bfd *abfd, unsigned int i); ¶

Set the maximum size of objects to be optimized using the GP register under ECOFF or MIPS ELF. This is typically set by the -G argument to the compiler, assembler or linker.

2.4.1.10 bfd_set_gp_value ¶

Function: void bfd_set_gp_value (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma v); ¶

Allow external access to the fucntion to set the GP value. This is specifically added for gdb-compile support.

2.4.1.11 bfd_scan_vma ¶

Function: bfd_vma bfd_scan_vma (const char *string, const char **end, int base); ¶

Convert, like strtoul or stdtoulldepending on the size of a bfd_vma, a numerical expression string into a bfd_vma integer, and return that integer.

2.4.1.12 bfd_copy_private_header_data ¶

Function: bool bfd_copy_private_header_data (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd); ¶

Copy private BFD header information from the BFD ibfd to the the BFD obfd. This copies information that may require sections to exist, but does not require symbol tables. Return true on success, false on error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_no_memory - Not enough memory exists to create private data for obfd.

#define bfd_copy_private_header_data(ibfd, obfd) \
       BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_header_data, \
                 (ibfd, obfd))

2.4.1.13 bfd_copy_private_bfd_data ¶

Function: bool bfd_copy_private_bfd_data (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd); ¶

Copy private BFD information from the BFD ibfd to the the BFD obfd. Return TRUE on success, FALSE on error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_no_memory - Not enough memory exists to create private data for obfd.

#define bfd_copy_private_bfd_data(ibfd, obfd) \
       BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_bfd_data, \
                 (ibfd, obfd))

2.4.1.14 bfd_set_private_flags ¶

Function: bool bfd_set_private_flags (bfd *abfd, flagword flags); ¶

Set private BFD flag information in the BFD abfd. Return TRUE on success, FALSE on error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_no_memory - Not enough memory exists to create private data for obfd.

#define bfd_set_private_flags(abfd, flags) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_private_flags, (abfd, flags))

2.4.1.15 Other functions ¶

The following functions exist but have not yet been documented.

#define bfd_sizeof_headers(abfd, info) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_sizeof_headers, (abfd, info))

#define bfd_find_nearest_line(abfd, sec, syms, off, file, func, line) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_find_nearest_line, \
                 (abfd, syms, sec, off, file, func, line, NULL))

#define bfd_find_nearest_line_with_alt(abfd, alt_filename, sec, syms, off, \
                                       file, func, line, disc) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_find_nearest_line_with_alt, \
                 (abfd, alt_filename, syms, sec, off, file, func, line, disc))

#define bfd_find_nearest_line_discriminator(abfd, sec, syms, off, file, func, \
                                           line, disc) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_find_nearest_line, \
                 (abfd, syms, sec, off, file, func, line, disc))

#define bfd_find_line(abfd, syms, sym, file, line) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_find_line, \
                 (abfd, syms, sym, file, line))

#define bfd_find_inliner_info(abfd, file, func, line) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_find_inliner_info, \
                 (abfd, file, func, line))

#define bfd_debug_info_start(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_debug_info_start, (abfd))

#define bfd_debug_info_end(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_debug_info_end, (abfd))

#define bfd_debug_info_accumulate(abfd, section) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_debug_info_accumulate, (abfd, section))

#define bfd_stat_arch_elt(abfd, stat) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd->my_archive ? abfd->my_archive : abfd, \
                 _bfd_stat_arch_elt, (abfd, stat))

#define bfd_update_armap_timestamp(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_update_armap_timestamp, (abfd))

#define bfd_set_arch_mach(abfd, arch, mach)\
       BFD_SEND ( abfd, _bfd_set_arch_mach, (abfd, arch, mach))

#define bfd_relax_section(abfd, section, link_info, again) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_relax_section, (abfd, section, link_info, again))

#define bfd_gc_sections(abfd, link_info) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_gc_sections, (abfd, link_info))

#define bfd_lookup_section_flags(link_info, flag_info, section) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_lookup_section_flags, (link_info, flag_info, section))

#define bfd_is_group_section(abfd, sec) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_is_group_section, (abfd, sec))

#define bfd_group_name(abfd, sec) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_group_name, (abfd, sec))

#define bfd_discard_group(abfd, sec) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_discard_group, (abfd, sec))

#define bfd_link_hash_table_create(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_link_hash_table_create, (abfd))

#define bfd_link_add_symbols(abfd, info) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_link_add_symbols, (abfd, info))

#define bfd_link_just_syms(abfd, sec, info) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_link_just_syms, (sec, info))

#define bfd_final_link(abfd, info) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_final_link, (abfd, info))

#define bfd_free_cached_info(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_free_cached_info, (abfd))

#define bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound, (abfd))

#define bfd_print_private_bfd_data(abfd, file)\
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_print_private_bfd_data, (abfd, file))

#define bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab(abfd, asymbols) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab, (abfd, asymbols))

#define bfd_get_synthetic_symtab(abfd, count, syms, dyncount, dynsyms, ret) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_synthetic_symtab, (abfd, count, syms, \
                                                   dyncount, dynsyms, ret))

#define bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound(abfd) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound, (abfd))

#define bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc(abfd, arels, asyms) \
       BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc, (abfd, arels, asyms))

2.4.1.16 bfd_get_relocated_section_contents ¶

Function: bfd_byte *bfd_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_order *, bfd_byte *, bool, asymbol **); ¶

Read and relocate the indirect link_order section, into DATA (if non-NULL) or to a malloc’d buffer. Return the buffer, or NULL on errors.

2.4.1.17 bfd_record_phdr ¶

Function: bool bfd_record_phdr (bfd *, unsigned long, bool, flagword, bool, bfd_vma, bool, bool, unsigned int, struct bfd_section **); ¶

Record information about an ELF program header.

2.4.1.18 bfd_sprintf_vma ¶

Function: void bfd_sprintf_vma (bfd *, char *, bfd_vma); void bfd_fprintf_vma (bfd *, void *, bfd_vma); ¶

bfd_sprintf_vma and bfd_fprintf_vma display an address in the target’s address size.

2.4.1.19 bfd_alt_mach_code ¶

Function: bool bfd_alt_mach_code (bfd *abfd, int alternative); ¶

When more than one machine code number is available for the same machine type, this function can be used to switch between the preferred one (alternative == 0) and any others. Currently, only ELF supports this feature, with up to two alternate machine codes.

2.4.1.20 bfd_emul_get_maxpagesize ¶

Function: bfd_vma bfd_emul_get_maxpagesize (const char *); ¶

Returns the maximum page size, in bytes, as determined by emulation.

2.4.1.21 bfd_emul_get_commonpagesize ¶

Function: bfd_vma bfd_emul_get_commonpagesize (const char *); ¶

Returns the common page size, in bytes, as determined by emulation.

2.4.1.22 bfd_demangle ¶

Function: char *bfd_demangle (bfd *, const char *, int); ¶

Wrapper around cplus_demangle. Strips leading underscores and other such chars that would otherwise confuse the demangler. If passed a g++ v3 ABI mangled name, returns a buffer allocated with malloc holding the demangled name. Returns NULL otherwise and on memory alloc failure.

2.4.1.23 bfd_group_signature ¶

Function: asymbol *bfd_group_signature (asection *group, asymbol **isympp); ¶

Return a pointer to the symbol used as a signature for GROUP.

2.4.1.24 struct bfd_iovec ¶

The struct bfd_iovec contains the internal file I/O class. Each BFD has an instance of this class and all file I/O is routed through it (it is assumed that the instance implements all methods listed below).

struct bfd_iovec
{
  /* To avoid problems with macros, a "b" rather than "f"
     prefix is prepended to each method name.  */
  /* Attempt to read/write NBYTES on ABFD's IOSTREAM storing/fetching
     bytes starting at PTR.  Return the number of bytes actually
     transfered (a read past end-of-file returns less than NBYTES),
     or -1 (setting bfd_error) if an error occurs.  */
  file_ptr (*bread) (struct bfd *abfd, void *ptr, file_ptr nbytes);
  file_ptr (*bwrite) (struct bfd *abfd, const void *ptr,
                      file_ptr nbytes);
  /* Return the current IOSTREAM file offset, or -1 (setting bfd_error
     if an error occurs.  */
  file_ptr (*btell) (struct bfd *abfd);
  /* For the following, on successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
     Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned (and bfd_error is set).  */
  int (*bseek) (struct bfd *abfd, file_ptr offset, int whence);
  int (*bclose) (struct bfd *abfd);
  int (*bflush) (struct bfd *abfd);
  int (*bstat) (struct bfd *abfd, struct stat *sb);
  /* Mmap a part of the files. ADDR, LEN, PROT, FLAGS and OFFSET are the usual
     mmap parameter, except that LEN and OFFSET do not need to be page
     aligned.  Returns MAP_FAILED on failure, mmapped address on success.
     Also write in MAP_ADDR the address of the page aligned buffer and in
     MAP_LEN the size mapped (a page multiple).  Use unmap with MAP_ADDR and
     MAP_LEN to unmap.  */
  void *(*bmmap) (struct bfd *abfd, void *addr, size_t len,
                  int prot, int flags, file_ptr offset,
                  void **map_addr, size_t *map_len);
};
extern const struct bfd_iovec _bfd_memory_iovec;

2.4.1.25 bfd_read ¶

Function: bfd_size_type bfd_read (void *, bfd_size_type, bfd *) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Attempt to read SIZE bytes from ABFD’s iostream to PTR. Return the amount read.

2.4.1.26 bfd_write ¶

Function: bfd_size_type bfd_write (const void *, bfd_size_type, bfd *) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Attempt to write SIZE bytes to ABFD’s iostream from PTR. Return the amount written.

2.4.1.27 bfd_tell ¶

Function: file_ptr bfd_tell (bfd *) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Return ABFD’s iostream file position.

2.4.1.28 bfd_flush ¶

Function: int bfd_flush (bfd *); ¶

Flush ABFD’s iostream pending IO.

2.4.1.29 bfd_stat ¶

Function: int bfd_stat (bfd *, struct stat *) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Call fstat on ABFD’s iostream. Return 0 on success, and a negative value on failure.

2.4.1.30 bfd_seek ¶

Function: int bfd_seek (bfd *, file_ptr, int) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Call fseek on ABFD’s iostream. Return 0 on success, and a negative value on failure.

2.4.1.31 bfd_get_mtime ¶

Function: long bfd_get_mtime (bfd *abfd); ¶

Return the file modification time (as read from the file system, or from the archive header for archive members).

2.4.1.32 bfd_get_size ¶

Function: ufile_ptr bfd_get_size (bfd *abfd); ¶

Return the file size (as read from file system) for the file associated with BFD abfd.

The initial motivation for, and use of, this routine is not so we can get the exact size of the object the BFD applies to, since that might not be generally possible (archive members for example). It would be ideal if someone could eventually modify it so that such results were guaranteed.

Instead, we want to ask questions like "is this NNN byte sized object I’m about to try read from file offset YYY reasonable?" As as example of where we might do this, some object formats use string tables for which the first sizeof (long) bytes of the table contain the size of the table itself, including the size bytes. If an application tries to read what it thinks is one of these string tables, without some way to validate the size, and for some reason the size is wrong (byte swapping error, wrong location for the string table, etc.), the only clue is likely to be a read error when it tries to read the table, or a "virtual memory exhausted" error when it tries to allocate 15 bazillon bytes of space for the 15 bazillon byte table it is about to read. This function at least allows us to answer the question, "is the size reasonable?".

A return value of zero indicates the file size is unknown.

2.4.1.33 bfd_get_file_size ¶

Function: ufile_ptr bfd_get_file_size (bfd *abfd); ¶

Return the file size (as read from file system) for the file associated with BFD abfd. It supports both normal files and archive elements.

2.4.1.34 bfd_mmap ¶

Function: void *bfd_mmap (bfd *abfd, void *addr, size_t len, int prot, int flags, file_ptr offset, void **map_addr, size_t *map_len) ATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; ¶

Return mmap()ed region of the file, if possible and implemented. LEN and OFFSET do not need to be page aligned. The page aligned address and length are written to MAP_ADDR and MAP_LEN. Returns MAP_FAILED on failure.

2.4.1.35 bfd_get_current_time ¶

Function: time_t bfd_get_current_time (time_t now); ¶

Returns the current time.

If the environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is defined then this is parsed and its value is returned. Otherwise if the paramter NOW is non-zero, then that is returned. Otherwise the result of the system call "time(NULL)" is returned.