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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:28:00 +0200
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc: Farid Zakaria <fmzakari@...c.edu>, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Getting access to section data during dynlink.c
* Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> [2023-10-16 18:04:11 -0400]:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 11:53:07PM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > note that (not too old) bfd ld and lld defines a hidden linker symbol
> > __ehdr_start that at runtime resolves to where the ehdr is.
> >
> > example:
> >
> > #include <elf.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > __attribute__((visibility("hidden"), weak)) extern char __ehdr_start[];
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> > if (__ehdr_start) {
> > Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr = (void *)__ehdr_start;
> > printf("ehdr %p\n", ehdr);
> > Elf64_Phdr *phdr = (void *)(__ehdr_start + ehdr->e_phoff);
> > printf("phdr %p\n", phdr);
> > } else
> > printf("__ehdr_start is undefined\n");
> >
> > // to compare against the actual mappings
> > char buf[9999];
> > FILE *f = fopen("/proc/self/maps","r");
> > size_t n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof buf, f);
> > fwrite(buf, 1, n, stdout);
> > }
> >
> > this should work for 64bit elf exe if ehdr is mapped into memory.
> >
> > if you want link time error on an old linker instead of 0 __ehdr_start,
> > then just drop "weak" and the runtime check. (the code as written assumes
> > ehdr is not at exact 0 address, which is guaranteed by usual linux setups)
>
> Interesting -- perhaps we should find a way to use this in ldso to
> find its own ehdr.
for that use it is a bit target specific:
the symbol address computation must be pc-relative with no dynamic reloc,
e.g. 'weak' would create a got reloc so not usable before relocs are done.
glibc switched using it (but can use auxv too), requires binutils >= 2.23.
i think lld had issues with setting GOT[0] up with vaddr of _DYNAMIC
which is what glibc was relying on previously on many targets.
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