llvm-capstone/lld/ELF/Thunks.h
Peter Collingbourne c5391ce51e ELF: Allow thunks to change size. NFCI.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D44962

llvm-svn: 328841
2018-03-29 22:32:13 +00:00

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//===- Thunks.h --------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// The LLVM Linker
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#ifndef LLD_ELF_THUNKS_H
#define LLD_ELF_THUNKS_H
#include "Relocations.h"
namespace lld {
namespace elf {
class Defined;
class Symbol;
class ThunkSection;
// Class to describe an instance of a Thunk.
// A Thunk is a code-sequence inserted by the linker in between a caller and
// the callee. The relocation to the callee is redirected to the Thunk, which
// after executing transfers control to the callee. Typical uses of Thunks
// include transferring control from non-pi to pi and changing state on
// targets like ARM.
//
// Thunks can be created for Defined, Shared and Undefined Symbols.
// Thunks are assigned to synthetic ThunkSections
class Thunk {
public:
Thunk(Symbol &Destination);
virtual ~Thunk();
virtual uint32_t size() = 0;
virtual void writeTo(uint8_t *Buf) = 0;
// All Thunks must define at least one symbol, known as the thunk target
// symbol, so that we can redirect relocations to it. The thunk may define
// additional symbols, but these are never targets for relocations.
virtual void addSymbols(ThunkSection &IS) = 0;
void setOffset(uint64_t Offset);
Defined *addSymbol(StringRef Name, uint8_t Type, uint64_t Value,
InputSectionBase &Section);
// Some Thunks must be placed immediately before their Target as they elide
// a branch and fall through to the first Symbol in the Target.
virtual InputSection *getTargetInputSection() const { return nullptr; }
// To reuse a Thunk the caller as identified by the Type must be
// compatible with it.
virtual bool isCompatibleWith(RelType Type) const { return true; }
Defined *getThunkTargetSym() const { return Syms[0]; }
// The alignment requirement for this Thunk, defaults to the size of the
// typical code section alignment.
Symbol &Destination;
llvm::SmallVector<Defined *, 3> Syms;
uint64_t Offset = 0;
uint32_t Alignment = 4;
};
// For a Relocation to symbol S create a Thunk to be added to a synthetic
// ThunkSection. At present there are implementations for ARM and Mips Thunks.
Thunk *addThunk(RelType Type, Symbol &S);
} // namespace elf
} // namespace lld
#endif