1 //===- OutputSection.h ------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
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
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 #ifndef LLD_MACHO_OUTPUT_SECTION_H
10 #define LLD_MACHO_OUTPUT_SECTION_H
13 #include "lld/Common/LLVM.h"
14 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
15 #include "llvm/ADT/TinyPtrVector.h"
19 namespace lld::macho
{
25 // The default order value for OutputSections that are not constructed from
26 // InputSections (i.e. SyntheticSections). We make it less than INT_MAX in order
27 // not to conflict with the ordering of zerofill sections, which must always be
28 // placed at the end of their segment.
29 constexpr int UnspecifiedInputOrder
= std::numeric_limits
<int>::max() - 1024;
31 // Output sections represent the finalized sections present within the final
32 // linked executable. They can represent special sections (like the symbol
33 // table), or represent coalesced sections from the various inputs given to the
34 // linker with the same segment / section name.
42 OutputSection(Kind kind
, StringRef name
) : name(name
), sectionKind(kind
) {}
43 virtual ~OutputSection() = default;
44 Kind
kind() const { return sectionKind
; }
46 // These accessors will only be valid after finalizing the section.
47 uint64_t getSegmentOffset() const;
49 // How much space the section occupies in the address space.
50 virtual uint64_t getSize() const = 0;
51 // How much space the section occupies in the file. Most sections are copied
52 // as-is so their file size is the same as their address space size.
53 virtual uint64_t getFileSize() const { return getSize(); }
55 // Hidden sections omit header content, but body content may still be present.
56 virtual bool isHidden() const { return false; }
57 // Unneeded sections are omitted entirely (header and body).
58 virtual bool isNeeded() const { return true; }
60 // The implementations of this method can assume that it is only called right
61 // before addresses get assigned to this particular OutputSection. In
62 // particular, this means that it gets called only after addresses have been
63 // assigned to output sections that occur earlier in the output binary.
64 // Naturally, this means different sections' finalize() methods cannot execute
65 // concurrently with each other. As such, avoid using this method for
66 // operations that do not require this strict sequential guarantee.
68 // Operations that need to occur late in the linking process, but which do not
69 // need the sequential guarantee, should be named `finalizeContents()`. See
70 // e.g. LinkEditSection::finalizeContents() and
71 // CStringSection::finalizeContents().
72 virtual void finalize() {}
74 virtual void writeTo(uint8_t *buf
) const = 0;
76 // Handle section$start$ and section$end$ symbols.
77 void assignAddressesToStartEndSymbols();
80 llvm::TinyPtrVector
<Defined
*> sectionStartSymbols
;
81 llvm::TinyPtrVector
<Defined
*> sectionEndSymbols
;
82 OutputSegment
*parent
= nullptr;
83 // For output sections that don't have explicit ordering requirements, their
84 // output order should be based on the order of the input sections they
86 int inputOrder
= UnspecifiedInputOrder
;
93 uint32_t reserved1
= 0;
94 uint32_t reserved2
= 0;
100 } // namespace lld::macho