include/linux/moduleloader.h

   1 #ifndef _LINUX_MODULELOADER_H
   2 #define _LINUX_MODULELOADER_H
   3 /* The stuff needed for archs to support modules. */
   4
   5 #include <linux/module.h>
   6 #include <linux/elf.h>
   7
   8 /* These may be implemented by architectures that need to hook into the
   9  * module loader code.  Architectures that don't need to do anything special
  10  * can just rely on the 'weak' default hooks defined in kernel/module.c.
  11  * Note, however, that at least one of apply_relocate or apply_relocate_add
  12  * must be implemented by each architecture.
  13  */
  14
  15 /* Adjust arch-specific sections.  Return 0 on success.  */
  16 int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
  17                               Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
  18                               char *secstrings,
  19                               struct module *mod);
  20
  21 /* Additional bytes needed by arch in front of individual sections */
  22 unsigned int arch_mod_section_prepend(struct module *mod, unsigned int section);
  23
  24 /* Allocator used for allocating struct module, core sections and init
  25    sections.  Returns NULL on failure. */
  26 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size);
  27
  28 /* Free memory returned from module_alloc. */
  29 void module_free(struct module *mod, void *module_region);
  30
  31 /* Apply the given relocation to the (simplified) ELF.  Return -error
  32    or 0. */
  33 int apply_relocate(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
  34                    const char *strtab,
  35                    unsigned int symindex,
  36                    unsigned int relsec,
  37                    struct module *mod);
  38
  39 /* Apply the given add relocation to the (simplified) ELF.  Return
  40    -error or 0 */
  41 int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
  42                        const char *strtab,
  43                        unsigned int symindex,
  44                        unsigned int relsec,
  45                        struct module *mod);
  46
  47 /* Any final processing of module before access.  Return -error or 0. */
  48 int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
  49                     const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
  50                     struct module *mod);
  51
  52 /* Any cleanup needed when module leaves. */
  53 void module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod);
  54
  55 #endif